Internet news compensation system

Abstract

A computerized compensation system of disseminating a plurality of news and information items offered, contributed, and submitted by a plurality of independent submitters to an internet provider site. The provider site accepts, indexes, catalogs, tracks, meters, and calculates viewer exposure to each submitted news and information item chosen by a plurality of viewers. Compensation due individual submitters is transmitted in real time, as the submitter continues the submission to the provider web site. Billing of funding sources is provided.

1 . An internet news compensation system comprising:
 a computer net server to accept, index, and present for view news and information items submitted by a plurality of individual reporters, and further to track and meter the news and information items chosen by a plurality of independent viewers and further to calculate compensation due each of the plurality of individual reporters based upon at least one viewer exposure measure of and accruing to each of the submitted news and information items.   
     
     
         2 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 1  where the computer net server comprises:
 a reporter net server to accept Internet media, source index, and store the plurality of news and information items submitted by the plurality of individual reporters using the Internet;   a viewer net server to display the news and information items on a provider Internet site to the plurality of independent viewers; and   a computer metering mechanism to track the news and information items chosen by the plurality of independent viewers and further to calculate the compensation due each of the plurality of individual reporters based upon a number of the plurality of independent viewers accruing to each of the submitted news and information items.   
     
     
         3 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2  where the computer metering mechanism further meters a duration of view by the plurality of independent viewers and calculates a further compensation due to the plurality of individual reporters based upon the duration of view accruing to each of the submitted news and information items. 
     
     
         4 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2  where the computer metering mechanism is further meters a download of data and media by the plurality of independent viewers and calculates a further compensation due to the plurality of individual reporters based upon the incidence of the download of data and media accruing to each of the submitted news and information items. 
     
     
         5 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2  where each of the news and information items comprises a lead and a media report and where the reporter net server comprises an item sorter to identify, interpret, sort, rank, and segregate the items into groups within a catalog, based upon pre-selected criteria applied to the lead. 
     
     
         6 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2 , further comprising an advertiser server to accept Internet media, source index, and store a plurality of advertisements submitted by a plurality of advertisers using the Internet, electronically communicating with the reporter net server and the viewer net server. 
     
     
         7 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 6  where the computer metering mechanism comprises a calculator to calculate a cost to advertisers based upon the number of the plurality of independent viewers and the sum duration of view accruing to the news and information items in close proximity to at least one of the advertisements. 
     
     
         8 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 4  where the viewer net server comprises a positioner to select and position background information and file media to be in close proximity to news of a related catalog group. 
     
     
         9 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2  where the computer metering mechanism comprises a compensation communicator to communicate the compensation to each the plurality of individual reporters in real time as the compensation increases. 
     
     
         10 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2  where the viewer net server comprises an availability communicator to communicate to other pre-selected associated Internet sites an availability for viewing of at least one of the submitted news and information items. 
     
     
         11 . The Internet news compensation system of  claim 2  where the system comprises an adjuster to adjust a price value of one of the plurality of independent viewers based on a track of the viewer through the Internet site and pre-selected criteria. 
     
     
         12 . A method of Internet news compensation, comprising:
 registering a provider Internet site;   providing a reporter server to accept, source index, and store a plurality of news and information items submitted by a plurality of Internet reporters;   specifying a preface lead to at least one of the plurality of news and information items where the news and information item comprises a lead and a media report;   providing the reporter server with an item sorter to identify, interpret, sort, rank, and segregate the plurality of news and information items into groups within a catalog based upon pre-selected criteria applied to the lead;   providing an advertiser server with an advertisement sorter to identify, interpret, sort, and segregate submitted advertisements into groups within a catalog based upon pre-selected criteria;   providing a viewer server to display the news and information items, the advertisements, the groups and the catalog on an Internet site to a plurality of free agent viewers; and   providing a computer metering mechanism to track selections, meter the duration of view by the plurality of free agent viewers, and to calculate a compensation due to each of the plurality of Internet reporters and charges due to each advertiser based upon a number of the plurality of free agent viewers and a sum duration of view accruing to each submittal of the plurality of news and information items.   
     
     
         13 . A method, comprising:
 accepting a news item from a reporter;   making the news item available to a viewer on an Internet site; and   calculating a reporter compensation based on a viewer exposure measure accruing to the news item.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the calculating of the reporter compensation based on the viewer exposure measure is performed in real time. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising communicating the reporter compensation based on the viewer exposure measure to the reporter. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the news item comprises a plurality of news items, the reporter comprises a plurality of reporters, the viewer comprises a plurality of viewers, and the reporter compensation is calculated based on a viewer exposure measure accruing to each news item.