Abstract: A method is disclosed for calculating the value a “sample” of a copyright-protected work of art adds when included in a new work. The method is embodied in a computer program or series of computer programs, available from a web portal linked to a server, which stores relevant information about an owner's “samples;” allows the owner to assign specific value criteria to all “samples;” allows an artist to download specified “samples,” incorporate them into new works, and upload the new works to the web portal, where a series of calculations then derive the value each “sample” adds to the new work; and creates conditions obligating the artist to upload information regarding the distribution of the new work to the web portal so the value added by each “sample” can be distributed to the “sample” owners in proportion to the value each “sample” adds to the new work.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for calculating the “experiential value” a physical store provides toward a consumer's subsequent online purchase. The method is embodied in a computer program or series of computer programs, available from a web portal linked to a server, which store relevant information for a consumer, a physical store, and an online store; track the physical location of a consumer's electronic mobile device; compare the device's location against the locations of physical stores and saves any positive comparisons; track the mobile device user's subsequent online purchases; compare any subsequent online purchase to the data on record for the physical stores previously visited by the user; perform a series of calculations to estimate any previously visited physical store's contribution to the user's subsequent online purchase; and translate that value into a monetized or monetizable form which can be returned to the physical store, the user, or both.