43. A system for managing intellectual property (IP) related transactions, the system comprising: one or more processors; means for facilitating a user to define a plurality of indexes to increase searching performance; means for enabling a user to enter information representative of at least one IP asset having at least one of said plurality of user-defined indexes associated with or more data fields representative of said at least one IP asset; means for enabling said user or another user to enter information representative of at least one license agreement, each license agreement associated with at least one IP asset; and means for processing, by said one or more processors, in a manner specified by a received command, and by searching the at least one of said plurality of user-defined indexes, information representative of at least one of said at least one IP asset or said at least one license agreement.
43. A system for managing intellectual property (IP) related transactions, the system comprising: one or more processors; means for facilitating a user to define a plurality of indexes to increase searching performance; means for enabling a user to enter information representative of at least one IP asset having at least one of said plurality of user-defined indexes associated with or more data fields representative of said at least one IP asset; means for enabling said user or another user to enter information representative of at least one license agreement, each license agreement associated with at least one IP asset; and means for processing, by said one or more processors, in a manner specified by a received command, and by searching the at least one of said plurality of user-defined indexes, information representative of at least one of said at least one IP asset or said at least one license agreement. 44. The system of claim 43 , further comprising: means for enabling a user to enter information representative of at least one royalty statement, each royalty statement associated with one or more of said at least one license agreement; means for enabling said user or another user to enter information representative of at least one payment, each payment associated with at least one license agreement; and means for processing, by said one or more processors, in a manner specified by a received command, and by searching the at least one of said plurality of user-defined indexes, information representative of at least one of: said at least one IP asset; said at least one license agreement; said at least one royalty statement; or said at least one payment.