Douglas L Cloud

US Patent:

20130103495, Apr 25, 2013

Filed:

Dec 10, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/710105

Inventors:

Douglas R. Cloud - Tacoma WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

US Classification:

705 1449, 705 1473, 705 1469

Abstract:

The current application is directed to methods and systems that provide an information market in which information producers sell information, advertisers purchase consumption of advertisements, and information consumers purchase information from information producers and receive compensation from advertisers through automated and semi-automated information-market transactions. The information market provides a transaction-based marketplace for the provision and consumption of information in much the same way as various types of financial markets provide a marketplace for cost-effective exchange of goods and services. The transaction-based information market provides flexibility and control to both information providers and information consumers as well as the cost efficiency of a transaction-based information marketplace.

US Patent:

20090144108, Jun 4, 2009

Filed:

Nov 28, 2007

Appl. No.:

12/001052

Inventors:

Douglas Richard Cloud - Gig Harbor WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 30/00

US Classification:

705 7, 705 14, 705400

Abstract:

A method for commodisizing information that utilizes market based or auction pricing to establish the value of both advertising and non-advertising content consumed by specific individuals. The integration of these two market values through centralized information providers, together with the use of a transactions instrument which contains biographical and financial information pertaining to a specific consumer, allows for specific market derived individual prices to be set for every piece of information consumed by an individual of whatever type.

US Patent:

20220261860, Aug 18, 2022

Filed:

May 5, 2022

Appl. No.:

17/737604

Inventors:

Douglas R. Cloud - Tacoma WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

The current application is directed to methods and systems that provide an information market in which information producers sell information, advertisers purchase consumption of advertisements, and information consumers purchase information from information producers and receive compensation from advertisers through automated and semi-automated information-market transactions. The information market provides a transaction-based marketplace for the provision and consumption of information in much the same way as various types of financial markets provide a marketplace for cost-effective exchange of goods and services. The transaction-based information market provides flexibility and control to both information providers and information consumers as well as the cost efficiency of a transaction-based information marketplace.

US Patent:

20190272566, Sep 5, 2019

Filed:

May 21, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/418665

Inventors:

Douglas R. Cloud - Tacoma WA, US

International Classification:

G06Q 30/02

Abstract:

The current application is directed to methods and systems that provide an information market in which information producers sell information, advertisers purchase consumption of advertisements, and information consumers purchase information from information producers and receive compensation from advertisers through automated and semi-automated information-market transactions. The information market provides a transaction-based marketplace for the provision and consumption of information in much the same way as various types of financial markets provide a marketplace for cost-effective exchange of goods and services. The transaction-based information market provides flexibility and control to both information providers and information consumers as well as the cost efficiency of a transaction-based information marketplace.