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US 2015/0032577 A1Published application
System and method for generating revenue for publishers of multimedia content over a network
AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorEthan Fassett
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AssigneeYahoo! Inc.
InventorEthan Fassett
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A system and method for compensating publishers of content items, such as a video, graphics, songs, movies, images, advertisements, or any other type of content, in response to, or as a precondition to, viewing of a given content item by others at a host website. For example, multimedia content publishers upload their respective content items to a host website. The uploaded content items may be integrated into a video search engine, which is a feature of the host website. A given user wishing to view a given content item remunerates the publisher of the content item with payment through a third party payment provider, which may be a donation or minimal payment. Payment may be effected via a third party payment system such as PayPal™ of San Jose, Calif.
A method, implemented on a machine having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for facilitating a purchase, comprising:
A system having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for facilitating a purchase, comprising:
A machine-readable tangible and non-transitory medium having information for facilitating a purchase, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.