阅读说明：本技术 知识产权加时间戳和转让系统及方法 (Intellectual property stamping and transferring system and method ) 是由 区家良 林峰 程月 于 2021-04-08 设计创作，主要内容包括：本申请公开了知识产权加时间戳和转让系统及方法,其中所述方法包括：将多个对应的节点(100)注册到平台(101),其中对应的节点(100)包括管理节点(100a)、公共节点(100b)、超级节点(100c)、子节点(100d)、独立个人教授节点(100e)和服务节点(100f)；通过独立个人教授节点(100e)、超级节点(100c)或子节点(100d)将相应知识产权的信息和文档上传到平台(101),其中,在上传到平台(101)时对信息和文档加时间戳；在平台(101)上搜索相关知识产权；在平台(101)上进行协商；通过选择、修改和/或添加相关模块条款在平台(101)上撰写定制数字协议(102),其中,定制数字协议(102)包括用于自动执行的智能合约功能；相应各方数字式签署(103)达成一致的协议；自动冻结(104)目标知识产权进行另外的出售；及在收到全额付款后完成(105)贸易信息交易。(The application discloses an intellectual property timestamping and transfer system and method, wherein the method comprises the following steps: registering a plurality of corresponding nodes (100) to a platform (101), wherein the corresponding nodes (100) include a management node (100a), a common node (100b), a super node (100c), a child node (100d), an independent personal tutorial node (100e), and a service node (100 f); uploading information and documents of the corresponding intellectual property rights to the platform (101) through the independent individual professor node (100e), the super node (100c) or the sub node (100d), wherein the information and documents are time stamped when uploaded to the platform (101); searching for relevant intellectual property rights on the platform (101); negotiating on the platform (101); writing a custom digital protocol (102) on the platform (101) by selecting, modifying and/or adding related module terms, wherein the custom digital protocol (102) includes intelligent contract functionality for automatic execution; the respective parties digitally sign (103) the agreed-upon agreement; automatically freezing (104) the target intellectual property for additional sale; and completing (105) the trade information transaction upon receipt of the full payment.)

1. A computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method, comprising:

registering a plurality of corresponding nodes to a platform, wherein the corresponding nodes comprise a management node, a public node, a super node, a child node, an independent individual teaching node and a service node;

uploading information and documents of corresponding intellectual property rights to a platform through an independent individual teaching node, a super node or a sub node, wherein the information and the documents are time stamped when the information and the documents are uploaded to the platform;

searching related intellectual property rights on the platform;

negotiating on the platform;

writing a custom digital protocol on the platform by selecting, modifying and/or adding related module terms, wherein the custom digital protocol includes intelligent contract functionality for automatic execution;

the corresponding parties digitally sign agreed agreements;

automatically freezing the target intellectual property for additional sale; and

the trade information transaction is completed after receiving the full payment.

2. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transferring method of claim 1 wherein intellectual property rights include patents, trademarks, trade secrets, industrial design, copyright and geographical logos.

3. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transferring method of claim 1 wherein the administrative nodes include administrators, the common nodes include buyers, the super nodes include universities and research institutions, the service nodes include service providers, the child nodes and the independent personal professor nodes include inventors.

4. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1, wherein the uploaded information, documents and negotiated content involved in any communication of a node is stored in a distributed ledger based on a hash table mapping method.

5. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 4 wherein each stored information in the distributed ledger includes a hash ID.

6. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1, 4 or 5 wherein the information and documents include, but are not limited to, text, audio and video.

7. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1 wherein module terms include a plurality of choices for respective parties to select, modify and/or add.

8. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1 wherein respective parties employ service providers that provide services including, but not limited to, promoting patents, legal opinions, evaluations and composing descriptive information.

9. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transferring method of claim 8 wherein the service providers include, but are not limited to, counselors, intellectual property evaluators, writers, promoters, marketers, intellectual property agents, and other intellectual property service providers.

10. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transferring method of claim 1, 8 or 9 wherein signing a customized digital protocol includes signing between an intellectual property holder and a buyer, an intellectual property holder and a plurality of buyers, a plurality of intellectual property holders and a buyer, a plurality of intellectual property holders and a plurality of buyers, a service provider and a offeror or buyer or seller, and a service provider.

11. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1 wherein smart contract functionality automatically triggers the transfer of funds or other action upon the signing of an agreed-upon agreement.

12. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 11 wherein the other action includes issuing a purchase option for another intellectual property, executing another digital agreement.

13. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1 wherein the trade information transaction is a change in intellectual property ownership.

14. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1 or 13, wherein completion of the trade information transaction is dependent on a necessity of registration at a corresponding intellectual property office.

15. The computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transfer method of claim 1 wherein payments include offline payments, online payments, and token payments.

16. A system for customized digital protocols for intellectual property timestamping and rights transfer, comprising:

means for selecting, modifying and/or adding on relevant module clauses; and

means for automatically executing using smart contract functions.

17. The system for customized digital agreement for intellectual property timestamping and rights transfer of claim 16, wherein module terms include a plurality of choices for respective parties to select, modify and/or add.

18. The system for intellectual property timestamping and rights transfer customized digital agreement according to claim 16, wherein the smart contract function automatically triggers the transfer of funds or other action upon the signing of an agreed-upon agreement.

19. The system for customized digital agreement for intellectual property timestamping and rights transfer of claim 18, wherein the other action includes issuing a purchase option for another intellectual property, executing another digital agreement.

Technical Field

The present invention relates to intellectual property, and more particularly to a system and method for timestamping and transferring intellectual property via a network of computer systems.

Background

Intellectual property refers to mental creation in which inventions, literature and art works, symbols, names and images are used in commerce. Intellectual property enables the creators or owners of patents, trademarks, copyrighted works to benefit from the labor or investment they have made to create. Thus, intellectual property protection turns innovative ideas, creative designs, and other intangible assets into valuable business assets that can greatly enhance the position of companies in the market. In several key areas of technology, some enterprises have come to appreciate that intellectual property assets are in most cases even more valuable than their physical assets. Thus, if an intellectual property asset is a valuable commercial asset, protection of the intellectual property asset may be considered an investment.

Some intellectual property rights do not require registration of ownership, such as copyright in hong kong. From time to time, original evidence of the original work is required. In general, all forms of intellectual property rights are transferable, either temporarily by licensing or permanently by transfer. However, the process of transferring intellectual property may involve complicated steps, time, and costs. This is because legal contracts recognized by authorities need to be drafted and reviewed by lawyers, which takes a lot of cost and time.

Several methods have been disclosed in the prior art to provide an open market for transferring intellectual property rights digitally and electronically while preserving all associated intellectual property rights. For example, U.S. patent 8,799,175B2 has disclosed a method of operation of a computerized marketplace system. The website of the invention interacts with two parties: a seller, i.e., the owner of a patent who wants to sell patent licenses; and customers, i.e., companies that are currently or in the future likely to infringe the seller's patent and want to purchase patent licenses from the seller. Through the website, the customer may purchase a license for the paid amount from the seller. The web site takes a standard form to ensure that there is no dispute, no bargaining, no fraud and no worry. However, the entire transaction of the computerized marketplace system involves only the seller and the customer. Thus, there will be no service provider, such as a counselor, to help the system draft a comprehensive legal agreement to avoid future litigation. The invention provides a standard licensing contract which is not conducive to drafting the agreement if any negotiation occurs between the buyer and seller.

Us patent application 20160371803 has disclosed a method of aggregating and valuing intellectual property in a financial exchange. The invention allows an intellectual property holder to sell or license intellectual property to an aggregator and receive shares or cash as consideration based on the total value of the intellectual property held by the aggregator. More specifically, the method creates security for public transactions for intellectual property aggregators. However, the method for aggregating intellectual property rights includes the steps of transferring a plurality of intellectual property rights from a holder to an aggregator and transferring the intellectual property rights to one or more transferees. This method requires a complex transaction because the transfer must be accomplished by selling or licensing to the aggregator.

Us patent application 20090024513a1 discloses a method of trading intellectual property comprising the steps of: licensing intellectual property rights corresponding to the intellectual property assets to licensees according to the agreement; receiving payment from the licensee relating to the intellectual property rights in accordance with the terms of the agreement; and if the purchase or sale option provisions in the agreement are exercised, receiving payment of the pre-purchase price and transferring ownership of the intellectual property asset to the licensee. The purchase option provision provides the licensee with the right to purchase the intellectual property asset at a predetermined pre-purchase price for a specified period of time. The selling option specifies providing the intellectual property owner the right to sell the intellectual property asset at a predetermined pre-purchase price. However, this transaction method does not provide strong legal evidence due to the lack of signatories from the respective parties.

Based on the prior art, there is a need for an improved and customized digital protocol for transferring intellectual property rights that is simple, easy to use and thus provides an efficient method of transferring intellectual property rights.

Disclosure of Invention

It is an object of the present invention to provide an open market that efficiently time stamps and transfers intellectual property rights by customizing digital protocols.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a simple and easy method of intellectual property timestamping and transfer in a distributed manner and with immutable records.

These objects are achieved by the following teachings of the present invention. The invention relates to a computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transferring method, which is characterized by comprising the following steps: registering a plurality of corresponding nodes to a platform, wherein the corresponding nodes comprise a management node, a public node, a super node, a child node, an independent personal professor node and a service node; uploading information and documents of corresponding intellectual property rights to a platform through an independent individual teaching node, a super node or a sub node, wherein the information and the documents are time stamped when the information and the documents are uploaded to the platform; searching related intellectual property rights on the platform; negotiating on the platform; writing a custom digital protocol on the platform by selecting, modifying and/or adding related module terms, wherein the custom digital protocol includes intelligent contract functionality for automatic execution; the corresponding parties digitally sign agreed agreements; automatically freezing the target intellectual property for further sale; the trade information transaction is completed after receiving the full payment.

Drawings

The features of the present invention will be more readily understood and appreciated when the following detailed description is read in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of the preferred embodiments of the invention, in which:

fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an intellectual property transfer system of the present invention;

FIG. 2 illustrates a negotiation flow diagram for an offline payment scenario between a buyer and a seller;

FIG. 3 illustrates a negotiation flow diagram for an online payment scenario between a buyer and a seller;

FIG. 4 illustrates a negotiation flow diagram for a token payment scenario between a buyer and a seller;

FIG. 5 illustrates a negotiation flow diagram for an offline payment scenario between a service provider and a principal of a buyer or seller;

FIG. 6 illustrates a negotiation flow diagram for an online payment scenario between a service provider and a principal of a buyer or seller;

FIG. 7 illustrates a negotiation flow diagram for a token payment scenario between a service provider and a principal of a buyer or seller;

FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of time stamping and providing a hash ID for uploaded information and/or documents;

FIG. 9 illustrates a schematic diagram of timestamping and providing hash IDs for delivery of content on a platform;

fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from an intellectual property holder to a buyer;

FIG. 11 shows a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from an intellectual property holder to a plurality of buyers;

fig. 12 shows a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from a plurality of intellectual property holders to a buyer;

FIG. 13 shows a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from a plurality of intellectual property holders to a plurality of buyers;

FIG. 14 illustrates a custom digital protocol;

fig. 15 shows an example of a custom digital protocol.

Detailed Description

As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein. However, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, which can be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific structural and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims. It should be understood, that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit the invention to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. As used throughout this application, the word "may" means optional (i.e., meaning possible), rather than mandatory (i.e., meaning necessary). Similarly, the words "include" and "comprise" mean including, but not limited to. Furthermore, unless otherwise noted, the words "a" or "an" mean "at least one" and the words "a plurality" or "a plurality" mean one or more. When abbreviations or technical terms are used, these refer to generally accepted meanings known in the art. The present invention will now be described in conjunction with fig. 1-15.

The invention provides a computer-implemented intellectual property timestamping and transferring method, which comprises the following steps: registering a plurality of corresponding nodes 100 to the platform 101, wherein the corresponding nodes 100 include a management node 100a, a common node 100b, a super node 100c, a child node 100d, an independent personal tutoring node 100e and a service node 100 f; uploading information and documents of corresponding intellectual property rights to the platform 101 through the independent individual professor node 100e, the super node 100c or the sub node 100d, wherein the information and documents are time stamped when being uploaded to the platform 101; searching for relevant intellectual property on the platform 101; negotiating on the platform 101; composing a custom digital protocol 102 on the platform 101 by selecting, modifying and/or adding relevant module terms, wherein the custom digital protocol 102 includes intelligent contract functionality for automatic execution; the respective parties digitally sign 103 an agreed-upon agreement; automatically freezing 104 the target intellectual property for additional sale; and completing 105 the trade information transaction upon receipt of the full payment.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, intellectual property rights include patents, trademarks, trade secrets, industrial design, copyright, and geographic markings.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the management node 100a comprises an administrator, the public node 100b comprises a buyer, the super node 100c comprises a university and research institute, the service node 100f comprises a service provider 106, the child node 100d and the independent personal tutorial node 100e comprise an inventor.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the uploaded information, documents and negotiated content involved in any communication of the node 100 are stored in the distributed file system based on a hash table mapping method. Each stored information in the distributed ledger includes a hash ID. The hash ID may then be used to represent the actual content recorded in the distributed ledger that will be referred to in subsequent transactions. A human can easily verify the real contents with the hash ID. Including but not limited to text, audio, and video.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the module clauses include a plurality of choices for selection, modification and/or addition by respective parties.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the respective parties optionally employ a service provider 106 that provides services including, but not limited to, promoting patents, legal opinions, evaluation, and composing descriptive information. Service providers 106 include, but are not limited to, counselors, intellectual property evaluators, writers, promoters, marketers, intellectual property agents, and other intellectual property service providers. Thus, the platform 101 may include intellectual property sellers, buyers, and service providers 106.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, signing 103 the customized digital protocol 102 comprises signing between an intellectual property holder and a buyer, an intellectual property holder and buyers, intellectual property holders and a buyer, intellectual property holders and buyers, service provider 106 and a principal or buyer or seller, and service provider 106. The platform 101 enables all respective parties to use respective private keys to digitally sign on the custom digital protocol 102 for use as proof of legitimacy in the event of intellectual property infringement and dispute.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the smart contract function automatically triggers the transfer of funds or other actions after the agreed upon custom digital agreement 102 is signed, including issuing a purchase option for another intellectual property right, executing another digital agreement 102, and so on.

In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the trade information transaction is a change in intellectual property ownership. In the present invention, the platform 101 may link to the corresponding intellectual property office to make the registration of the change. The trade information transaction is completed 105 depending on the necessity of registration at the corresponding intellectual property office.

In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the payments/payments include offline payments, online payments, and token payments.

The present invention provides a system for a customized digital protocol for intellectual property timestamping and rights transfer, comprising: means for selecting, modifying and/or adding on relevant module clauses; and means for automatically executing using the intelligent contract function.

The following is an example of an intellectual property transfer system and method from which the advantages of the present invention may be more readily understood. It should be understood that the following examples are for illustrative purposes only and should not be construed as limiting the invention in any way.

Fig. 1 shows a schematic diagram of an intellectual property transfer system. Referring to fig. 1, a management node 100a is connected to a seller including an independent personal professor node 100e, a super node 100c, and a sub node 100 d. Likewise, the management node 100a is also connected to a buyer including a common node 100b and a service node 100 f. According to fig. 1, four types of nodes are defined for intellectual property transfer, namely an independent individual professor node 100e, a super node 100c, a child node 100d, and a common node 100 b. The management node 100a coordinates the intellectual property transfer. The transfer of intellectual property rights includes the transfer between an intellectual property holder and a buyer, an intellectual property holder and a plurality of buyers, a plurality of intellectual property holders and a buyer, and a plurality of intellectual property holders and a plurality of buyers. Fig. 10 shows a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from an intellectual property holder to a buyer. An intellectual property buyer may send an offer to an intellectual property holder. An intellectual property holder may accept an offer from an intellectual property buyer or send an offer to an intellectual property buyer. Both an intellectual property buyer and an intellectual property holder may establish a custom digital protocol 102. The intellectual property holder may decide to sell all or part of the ownership to the intellectual property buyer. According to fig. 11, a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from a plurality of intellectual property holders to a buyer is shown. Buyers send demands to a search engine to search for target intellectual property rights and then send quotes separately to multiple intellectual property holders. Multiple intellectual property holders may accept the offer or send an offer to the buyer. When each intellectual property holder has signed the custom digital protocol 102, the buyer confirms and signs the custom digital protocol 102. The intellectual property holder may know a number of offers to send to other intellectual property holders. Optionally, the buyer may extend the duration of the offer. In fig. 12, a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from an intellectual property holder to a plurality of buyers is shown. A plurality of buyers establish point-to-point communication and send offers to intellectual property holders. The intellectual property holder accepts the offer or sends an offer to a plurality of intellectual property buyers. A plurality of intellectual property buyers collaboratively establish a customized digital protocol 102. Both parties sign the custom digital protocol 102. Multiple buyers may share the allocation of revenue based on disposition or economic interest. In fig. 13, a schematic diagram of a system for transferring intellectual property rights from a plurality of intellectual property holders to a plurality of buyers is shown. Multiple buyers establish point-to-point communication and separately send offers to multiple intellectual property holders. Multiple intellectual property holders may accept the offer or send counter-offers to multiple intellectual property buyers. A plurality of intellectual property buyers collaboratively establish a customized digital protocol 102. Both parties sign the custom digital protocol 102.

Platform 101 works with intellectual property attorneys to write common modules often used in intellectual property transactions that customize digital protocols 102. Optionally, common modules are customized and filled in parameters such as date, price, legal payment period, etc. by respective parties based on their needs. Respective parties may select common modules from a library of modules by selecting, modifying and/or adding to establish a legal contract by themselves. Custom digital protocol 102 is formulated based on the common modules selected. Any party may build custom digital protocols 102 from a library of modules and make suggestions to other parties. A digital signature is required to confirm agreement with the custom digital agreement 102. The target intellectual property will be automatically frozen to avoid additional sales by the seller. After receiving the full payment and changing ownership, the transaction is completed 105. The completion 105 of changing ownership depends on the necessity of registering with the corresponding intellectual property office.

Figure 2 illustrates an agreement being reached between a buyer and a seller in an offline payment scenario. The customized digital agreement 102 between the buyer and seller is uploaded into the platform's 101 distributed ledger in accordance with the terms of the sale and purchase or license agreement. Each respective party may view the same custom digital protocol 102, whereby the buyer and seller may negotiate terms in the custom digital protocol 102 online or offline. Once the buyer and seller digitally sign 103 the custom digital protocol 102 and upload into the platform 101's distributed ledger, the platform 101 will automatically freeze the target intellectual property for additional sale. The freeze 104 duration may be determined on a case-by-case basis. The buyer is required to complete the payment within the frozen duration and upload payment credentials to the distributed ledger to complete 105 the transaction. If the purchaser fails to complete payment within the lockout duration, the transaction will be cancelled. Based on the payment confirmation, the platform 101 will change ownership of the intellectual property rights from the seller to the buyer. Thus, intellectual property is released on behalf of the buyer to be released to the market. The entire process in the distributed ledger is seen by all the respective parties. The completion 105 of the trade information transaction depends on the necessity of registration at the corresponding intellectual property office.

Referring to FIG. 3, agreement between a buyer and a seller in an online payment scenario is shown. The customized digital agreement 102 between the buyer and seller is uploaded into the distributed ledger in accordance with the terms of the sale and purchase or licensing agreement. Each respective party may view the same custom digital protocol 102, whereby the buyer and seller may negotiate terms in the custom digital protocol 102 online or offline. Once the buyer and seller digitally sign 103 the customized digital protocol 102 and upload into the platform 101 distributed ledger, the buyer's bank will simultaneously remit the value to the seller's bank. Based on the payment confirmation, the platform 101 will change ownership of the intellectual property rights from the seller to the buyer. Thus, intellectual property is released on behalf of the buyer to be released to the market. The entire process in the distributed ledger is seen by all the respective parties. The completion 105 of the trade information transaction depends on the necessity of registration at the corresponding intellectual property office. If the trade information transaction requires registration, an electronic official form is automatically prepared by the platform 101. The person or system will verify the contents of the official form and the platform 101 or agent will submit the official form to the relevant official office.

Figure 4 illustrates agreement between a buyer and a seller in the case of payment of tokens. To complete the transaction, the buyer must subscribe to sufficient credit or tokens on the platform 101. The customized digital agreement 102 between the buyer and seller is uploaded into the platform's 101 distributed ledger under the terms of a sale and purchase or licensing agreement. Each respective party may view the same custom digital protocol 102, whereby the buyer and seller may negotiate terms in the custom digital protocol 102 online or offline. Once the buyer and seller digitally sign 103 the customized digital protocol 102 and upload the signed customized digital protocol 102 to the distributed ledger, the buyer will simultaneously pay the seller a token bid. Based on the payment confirmation, the platform 101 will change ownership of the intellectual property rights from the seller to the buyer. Thus, intellectual property is released on behalf of the buyer to be released to the market. The seller and platform 101 exchange the received credit or token for fiat currency. The entire process in the distributed ledger is seen by all the respective parties. The completion 105 of the trade information transaction depends on the necessity of registration at the corresponding intellectual property office. If the trade information transaction requires registration, an electronic official form is automatically prepared by the platform 101. The person or system will verify the contents of the official form and the platform 101 or agent will submit the official form to the relevant official office.

Referring to FIG. 5, the agreement between the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's principal in an offline payment scenario is shown. The customized digital agreement 102 between the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's offeror is uploaded into the platform's 101 distributed ledger in accordance with the terms of a sale and purchase or license agreement. Each respective party may view the same custom digital protocol 102, whereby the respective parties may negotiate terms in the custom digital protocol 102 either online or offline. Once the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's principal digitally sign 103 the service agreement and upload the signed service agreement to the distributed ledger, the buyer or seller's principal must make a first-in-first-payment and upload payment credentials into the distributed ledger during the same period. If the buyer or seller's principal does not make payment within the period, the platform 101 will cancel the transaction. A series of events will be triggered one by one when the service provider 106 confirms that the principal's advanced payment has been received within the period. The event may refer to any traceable event such as an official approval, a satisfactory approval message for work completion, etc. Once the event is complete, the results will be uploaded to the distributed ledger, and the buyer or seller's principal will need to pay the balance. When the service provider 106 confirms the balance payment for the event, the next event will be processed until the last event occurs. When the last event occurs, the transaction is considered complete.

FIG. 6 illustrates an agreement between the service provider 106 and the principal of the buyer or seller in an online payment scenario. The customized digital agreement 102 between the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's offeror is uploaded into the platform's 101 distributed ledger in accordance with the terms of a sale and purchase or license agreement. Each respective party may view the same custom digital protocol 102, whereby the respective parties may negotiate terms in the custom digital protocol 102 either online or offline. Once the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's principal digitally sign 103 the service agreement and upload the signed service agreement to the distributed ledger, the principal's bank will simultaneously remit the first-time payment amount to the seller's bank. A series of events will be triggered one by one when the service provider 106 confirms that the first-in-advance payment of the buyer or seller's principal has been received within the period. The event may refer to any traceable event such as an official approval, a satisfactory approval message for work completion, etc. Once the event is complete, the results will be uploaded to the distributed ledger and the principal's bank will simultaneously remit the balance to the seller's bank. When the service provider 106 confirms the balance payment for the event, the next event will be processed until the last event occurs.

Referring to FIG. 7, the agreement between the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's principal in a token payment scenario is shown. To complete a transaction, the principal must subscribe to sufficient credit or tokens at the platform 101. The customized digital agreement 102 between the service provider 106 and the buyer or seller's offeror is uploaded into the platform's 101 distributed ledger in accordance with the terms of a sale and purchase or license agreement. Each respective party may view the same agreement whereby the respective parties may negotiate terms in the custom digital agreement 102 either online or offline. Once the service provider 106 and the principal digitally sign 103 the service agreement and upload the signed service agreement to the distributed ledger, the principal's bank will simultaneously pay the seller's bank a token equal to the prepaid token. Once the event is complete, the results will be uploaded to the distributed ledger and the principal's bank will simultaneously pay the seller's bank a token equal to the balance. When the service provider 106 confirms the balance payment for the event, the next event will be processed until the last event occurs. The seller exchanges the received tokens with the platform 101 for legal currency at any time.

FIG. 8 shows a schematic diagram of time stamping and providing a hash ID for uploaded information and/or documents. According to fig. 8, node a may upload information including, but not limited to, messages, images, audio, video, or offline payment scan copies to platform 101 at a particular time. For each piece of information, a unique hash ID is generated, where the hash ID can be used to represent the actual content, including the specific time at which the information was uploaded. The unique hash ID for each piece of information is sent back to node a. Each hash ID of the corresponding node, e.g., node B, node C, node D, node E, node F, node G, node H, node I, and node J, is recorded in the distributed ledger. Node a may decide to send the generated unique hash ID to any other node. Each node can easily verify the authentic content with the hash ID.

Fig. 9 shows a schematic diagram of timestamping and providing hash IDs for content delivery on the platform 101. Users such as node D, node I, and node G communicate information including, but not limited to, messages, images, audio, video, or offline payment scan copies to platform 101 at a particular time. For each piece of information, a unique hash ID is generated. The hash ID is used to represent the actual content, including the specific time at which the information was uploaded. The generated hash ID may be used between nodes D, I and G. Each hash ID of the corresponding node, such as node a, node B, node C, node D, node E, node F, node G, node H, node I, and node J, is recorded in the distributed ledger. Node D may decide to send the generated unique hash ID to any other node. Each node can easily verify the authentic content with the hash ID.

Referring to fig. 14, a schematic diagram of a custom digital protocol 102 is shown. A module is created to handle different types of legal contracts in which buyers and sellers can use a drop down menu to select existing items that have been fully reviewed by the service node 100f and to customize the legal terms. The user may only need to fill in basic information such as name/name, time, amount of funds, etc. For example, in FIG. 14, the B-party user may select a transaction fee and timeline. Thus, party B can pay party A once on a specific date.

Fig. 15 shows an example of a custom digital protocol 102 between a node IPN and a node PN. The node IPN is an intellectual property seller and the node PN is a buyer, both of which may negotiate the conditions of the sale and purchase agreement on the platform 101 and select the corresponding terms from the modular term list to compose the customized digital agreement 102. Referring to fig. 15, the user may select term D (payment plan) and select the preferred payment module terms. Thus, upon selection of the node IPN and the node PN, the custom digital agreement 102 includes clause A1, clause B3, clause C6, clause D3, and so on.

The intellectual property timestamping and transfer method and system of the present invention is a customized digital module protocol 102. Each step of the trade transaction is recorded in a distributed ledger to ensure that the respective parties can track and review the records. These records have strong time stamp proofs and serve as strong legal evidence in the event of intellectual property infringement and disputes.

The synchronization mechanism will operate such that each node 100 in the platform 101 can update transactions to its distributed ledger, thereby retaining multiple copies of the intellectual property exchange trade ledger in the platform 101. Thus, distributed storage has the advantage that a single point of failure can be avoided. Any node 100 in the platform 101 may readily obtain information from other nodes 100 that was not received during the temporary offline using a synchronization mechanism. Thus, it is ensured that the content stored directly or indirectly in the distributed intellectual property exchange trade ledger is open, complete, consistent, and tamper-resistant.

Although the present invention has been described in connection with the specific embodiments shown in the drawings, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that many variations and modifications are possible within the scope of the invention.