Blueprint-disclosure
Bill Densmore, a 2008-2009 Donald W. Reynolds Journalism Institute fellow at the Missouri School of Journalism, is pursuing The Information Valet Project / (PDF). It's an effort to create an Internet shared-user network for user-centric demographic/privacy management, personalization for advertising and content, and for charging for premium content>
Densmore was also the founder of Clickshare Service Corp., a private, Amherst, Mass.-based company. Clickshare was granted a patent on Jan. 29, 2008, entitled: "Managing transactions on a network: four or more parties." Densmore is neither a director nor officer of Clickshare and takes no role in the company's operations.
In accepting a fellowship year at Reynolds, Mr. Densmore advised the Reynolds Institute that should work on the Information Valet Project lead others to conclude that a licensing of technology from Clickshare might be warranted, he would take no part any consideration of the matter since he is a stockholder in Clickshare.
