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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2007
John Beatty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Belleville, Milpitas, CA (US);
John Beatty, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Belleville, Milpitas, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In one example, a method for ranking items such as contest entries is provided. An exemplary method includes displaying sequential subsets of entries from a plurality of entries for a first user to vote on, e.g., making a selection of their preference of one over the other. The method further includes generating a first preference ballot of displayed entries based on selections by the first user, and ranking the plurality of entries based upon the first preference ballot and at least a second preference ballot received from another user. The ranking may be determined based on the first and second preference ballot by a Condorcet algorithm. Additionally, display of the entries may be determined based on previous selections associated with the contest entries, e.g., based on the state of the contest and/or the history of particular contest entries.