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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2007
Michael Powers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christoform Miller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Saureen Shah, Foster City, CA (US);
Angus Derocher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Powers, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christoform Miller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Saureen Shah, Foster City, CA (US);
Angus Derocher, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A video hosting site allows a contest owner to specify parameters to be used for a contest. Examples of parameters include contest name, description, how the contest will be judged, who may enter the contest, etc. Once the parameters are set, a contest manager initiates the contest on behalf of the contest owner. Contests have a submission phase, a voting phase, and a results phase. During the submission phase, contestants submit video entries to be judged in the contest. During the voting phase, visitors to the video hosting site cast votes on some or all of the entered videos. During the results phase, the votes are tabulated and a winning video is determined. Alternative embodiments allow variations on each phase.