System and method for selling contingent information
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorRajan Mathew Lukose
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Abstract
A method for selling contingent information includes receiving an offer for the information with at least one contingency, providing the information in response to the offer, and then receiving a contingent payment if at least one condition for the contingency is satisfied after the information has been provided.
Claims30
A method for selling information to a buyer, the method comprising:
- receiving an offer for the information including at least one contingency from the buyer;
- providing the information in response to the offer;
- and
- receiving a first payment for the information if at least one condition for the contingency is satisfied after the information has been provided to the buyer.
A system for selling information to a buyer, the system comprising:
- a receiving system that receives an offer for the information including at least one contingency from the buyer;
- a source for the information that provides the information in response to the offer;
- and
- a contingent payment processing system that receives a first payment for the information if at least one condition for the contingency is satisfied after the information has been provided to the buyer.
A computer readable medium having stored instructions for selling contingent information which when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform:
- receiving an offer for the information including at least one contingency from the buyer;
- providing the information in response to the offer;
- and
- receiving a first payment for the information if at least one condition for the contingency is satisfied after the information has been provided to the buyer.
The medium as set forth in claim 22 further comprising receiving a base payment when the information has been provided to the buyer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.