System and method for facilitating transactions between two or more parties

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising:

• a code segment for receiving registration information at a server computer via a network from a client communications device of each party to the transaction wherein (a) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, a web-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, and (b) the registration information comprises a user name for the party, a password for the party and an electronic signature for the party and begins the transaction;
• a code segment for assigning a secured account for the transaction on the server computer that is accessible via the network;
• a code segment for providing each party with login information for the secured account;
• a code segment for receiving one or more electronic documents at the server computer from the client communications device one of the parties;
• a code segment for posting the received electronic documents to the secured account on the server computer such that the client communications device of each party can retrieve and modify the posted electronic documents via the network;
• a code segment for tracking one or more changes to the posted electronic documents made by the client communications devices of the parties;
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• a code segment for whenever an acceptance of all portions of one of the posted electronic documents is received by the server computer from the client communications devices of all the parties, locking the posted electronic document on the server computer against future changes, attaching the electronic signature from each agreed party to the agreed to and locked electronic document and providing the signed electronic document to each agreed party.

A system for facilitating a transaction between two or more parties comprising:

• a network interface;
• one or more data storage devices;
• one or more processors communicably coupled to the network interface and the data storage devices;
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• a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the processors to (a) receive registration information via the network interface from a client communications device of each party to the transaction wherein (i) the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, a web-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, and (ii) the registration information comprises a user name for the party, a password for the party and an electronic signature for the party and begins the transaction, (b) assign a secured account for the transaction that is accessible via the network interface, (c) provide each party with login information for the secured account, (d) receive one or more electronic documents via the network interface from the client communications device of one of the parties, (e) post the received electronic documents to the secured account such that the client communications device of each party can retrieve and modify the posted electronic documents via the network interface, (f) track one or more changes to the posted electronic documents made by the client communications devices of the parties, and (g) whenever an acceptance of all portions of one of the posted electronic documents is received from the client communications devices of all the parties via the network interface, lock the posted electronic document on the server computer against future changes, attach the electronic signature from each agreed party to the agreed to and locked electronic document, and provide the signed electronic documents to each party.

A method for facilitating a proposed transaction involving an intellectual property between an originating party and a potential buying party comprising the steps of:

• receiving acceptance of one or more terms and conditions associated with posting the proposed transaction from an origination party;
• receiving a unrestricted description of the intellectual property from the originating party, wherein the intellectual property comprises copyrightable material, ideas, patents, patent applications, trademarks, licenses or technology;
• receiving one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property and one or more conditions of release for each of the restricted descriptions of the intellectual property from the originating party;
• receiving one or more selected operating preferences relating to the disclosure of the one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property from the originating party;
• posting the unrestricted description of the intellectual property on a web site;
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• automatically negotiating the disclosure of the one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property whenever a request for the one or more conditions of release for at least one of the restricted descriptions of the intellectual property is received at a server computer via a network from a client communications device of the potential buying party, wherein the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, a web-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, comprising the steps of:
• providing the client communications device of the potential buying party with the requested one or more conditions of release associated with the restricted description(s) of the intellectual property and any relevant operating preferences of the originating party relating to the requested one or more conditions of release via the network,
• providing the requested restricted description(s) to the client communications device of the potential buying party via the network whenever the potential buying party agrees electronically to the one or more conditions of release for the requested restricted description(s),
• receiving one or more conditions of acceptance for the requested restricted description(s) at the server computer via the network whenever the client communications device of the potential buying party requires the originating party to accept the one or more conditions of acceptance prior to disclosure of the requested restricted description(s), and
• electronically tracking the restricted descriptions provided to the client communications device of the potential buying party and the conditions agreed to by the potential buying party and the conditions agreed to by the originating party, if any.

A non transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program facilitating a proposed transaction involving intellectual property between an originating party and a potential buying party comprising:

• a code segment for receiving acceptance of one or more terms and conditions associated with posting the proposed transaction from an origination party;
• a code segment for receiving a unrestricted description of the intellectual property from the originating party, wherein the intellectual property comprises copyrightable material, ideas, patents, patent applications, trademarks, licenses or technology;
• a code segment for receiving one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property and one or more conditions of release for each of the restricted descriptions of the intellectual property from the originating party;
• a code segment for receiving one or more selected operating preferences relating to the disclosure of the one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property from the originating party;
• a code segment for posting the unrestricted description of the intellectual property on a web site;
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• a code segment for automatically negotiating the disclosure of the one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property whenever a request for the one or more conditions of release for at least one of the restricted descriptions of the intellectual property is received at a server computer via a network from a client communications device of the potential buying party, wherein the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, a web-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, comprising the steps of:
• providing the client communications device of the potential buying party with the requested one or more conditions of release associated with the restricted description(s) of the intellectual property and any relevant operating preferences of the originating party relating to the requested one or more conditions of release via the network,
• providing the requested restricted description(s) to the client communications device of the potential buying party via the network whenever the potential buying party agrees electronically to the one or more conditions of release for the requested restricted description(s),
• receiving one or more conditions of acceptance for the requested restricted description(s) at the server computer via the network whenever the client communications device of the potential buying party requires the originating party to accept the one or more conditions of acceptance prior to disclosure of the requested restricted description(s), and
• electronically tracking the restricted descriptions provided to the client communications device of potential buying party and the conditions agreed to by the potential buying party and the conditions agreed to by the originating party, if any.

A system for facilitating a proposed transaction involving an intellectual property between an originating party and a potential buying party comprising:

• a network interface;
• one or more data storage devices;
• one or more processors communicably coupled to the network interface and the data storage devices;
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• a non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with a computer program communicably coupled to the processors to (a) receive acceptance of one or more terms and conditions associated with posting the proposed transaction from an origination party, (b) receive a unrestricted description of the intellectual property from the originating party, wherein the intellectual property comprises copyrightable material, ideas, patents, patent applications, trademarks, licenses or technology, (c) receive one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property and one or more conditions of release for each of the restricted descriptions of the intellectual property from the originating party, (d) receive one or more selected operating preferences relating to the disclosure of the one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property from the originating party, (e) post the unrestricted description of the intellectual property on a web site, and (f) automatically negotiating the disclosure of the one or more restricted descriptions of the intellectual property whenever a request for the one or more conditions of release for at least one of the restricted descriptions of the intellectual property is received via the network interface from a client communications device of the potential buying party, wherein the client communications device comprises a computer, a workstation, a personal data assistant, a web-enabled phone or a wireless communications device, comprising the steps of:
• providing the client communications device of the potential buying party with the requested one or more conditions of release associated with the restricted description(s) of the intellectual property and any relevant operating preferences of the originating party relating to the requested one or more conditions of release via the network interface, providing the requested restricted description(s) to the client communications device of the potential buying party via the network interface whenever the potential buying party agrees electronically to the one or more conditions of release for the requested restricted description(s), receiving one or more conditions of acceptance for the requested restricted description(s) via the network interface whenever the client communications device of the potential buying party requires the originating party to accept the one or more conditions of acceptance prior to disclosure of the requested restricted description(s), and electronically tracking the restricted descriptions provided to the client communications device of the potential buying party and the conditions agreed to by the potential buying party and the conditions agreed to by the originating party, if any.