System and method for promoting intellectual property

A computer implemented system promoting inventions over the Internet communications network, the system comprising:

• a host computer station constituting an Internet domain site connected to said communications network and having a database with stored descriptions of respective inventions and their characteristic features;
• a publicly accessible interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication with a first set of computer stations via the communications network;
• a computer program module at said host computer station selecting at least one of said inventions by reference to the stored invention descriptions and characteristic features for viewing said first set of computer stations and thereafter receiving feedback data relating to a consumer desirability of the selected inventions, wherein said computer program module includes a survey module eliciting said feedback data from multiple users of the first set of computer stations;
• a computer program module receiving said consolidated responses at said host computer station to provide an information summary of the consumer desirability of the respective selected inventions;
• an interface in communication with the host computer station and in communication with a second set of computer stations via the communications network, wherein said information summary is transferred to users of said second set of computer stations.