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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Eric H. Bokelberg, Colchester, VT (US);
Blain A. Dillard, Cary, NC (US);
David A. Hoffman, Raleigh, NC (US);
Patrick Howard, Charlotte, NC (US);
Brian T. Paulsen, Overland Park, KS (US);
Jose A. Tano, Miami Beach, FL (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for conducting a challenge event. The challenge event is communicated to at least two participants in a form of an event specification. A proposal for a solution that meets the specification is received from each participant. Only one participant is chosen from the at least two participants, based on the proposal previously received from each participant. The solution is received in a form of a document or computer code from the chosen only one participant.