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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Michael L. Speiser, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Leonard Speiser, Redwood City, CA (US);
Inventors:
Michael L. Speiser, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Leonard Speiser, Redwood City, CA (US);
Assignee:
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 30/00 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system for automated reward management for network-based contests includes one or more processors and memory coupled to the processors, where the memory stores program instructions executable by the processors to implement a contest manager. The contest manager is configured to collect an entry fee corresponding to each entry of a plurality of entries submitted for a contest over a network, and provide a prize to a winning entry of the contest based at least in part on a total amount of entry fees collected for the contest.