Subscribing to content

US8712376B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• ACK VENTURES HOLDINGS, LLC · US

Inventors

• Joshua A. Strickon · Key Biscayne, US
• Peter S. Ng · New York, US
• Clayton D. Hill · Toronto, CA
• Harry Kargman · New York, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 13, 2009
• Grant date: Apr 29, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0601
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method includes (a) receiving periodic subscription fees from subscribers of a content subscription service, (b) updating an electronically maintained account of the subscriber to reflect an additional amount of scrip corresponding to each subscription fee, and (c) enabling the subscriber to obtain items of content in amounts and at times determined arbitrarily by the subscriber in exchange for amounts of scrip in the subscriber's account.