Method and service for providing access to premium content and dispersing payment therefore
AssigneeZepFrog Corp.
InventorMichael Rodov
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Abstract
A method and system for providing premium content and dispersing payment therefore. The method includes entering into an agreement with at least one partner that provides premium content and entering into an agreement with at least one customer that grants the customer access to premium content provided by at least one partner. The method further includes collecting defined parameter data of at least one customer accessing the premium content and dispersing payment to at least one partner where the payment is determined from the defined parameter data. The defined parameter data can be approximate time spent.
Claims20
A method for dispersing payment to a supplier of premium content, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing at least one customer with access to premium content from a supplier, wherein the at least one customer accesses the premium content via an internet connection from a device that is capable of connecting to the internet;
- using a server to monitor when the at least one customer accesses the premium content;
- subsequent to the at least one customer accessing the premium content, collecting on a server defined parameter data of the at least one customer's interaction within the premium content over one or more periods of time, wherein the defined parameter data comprises approximate time spent interacting within the premium content;
- calculating a payment for the supplier based on the collected defined parameter data;
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- dispersing the payment to the supplier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.