CONTENT CREATION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM WITH AUTOMATED ESTIMATING, PRIOR TO PUBLICATION, OF VALUES AND/OR READERSHIPS OF ANSWERS TO REMOTELY POSTED QUESTIONS AND MAKING RESULTS AVAILABLE TO REMOTELY LOCATED POTENTIAL PUBLISHERS OF ANSWERS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented system configured to provide potential publishers of an answer to a user'"'"'s question with estimates of potential revenue from publishing the answer and potential readership of the answer in the environment of dynamic, essentially real time pricing of users'"'"' access to content represented by answers by publishers to questions posted on the system by users, which pricing varies over time with user behavior to reflect actual values that users place on access to the answers, said system comprising:
- a computer-implemented articles database configured to store and update articles stored in the system and the questions and answers to the questions posted on the system;
a computer-implemented system server configured to electronically link the articles database and with publishers and users and provide the publishers and users with selected granulated entry to the articles database to supply thereto and access therefrom articles, questions and answers to the questions;
a pricing application cluster configured to respond to the proffer of answers by publishers to a questions posted on the system by a user by carrying out a computer-implemented process applying respective scripts to the proffered answers to thereby iteratively generate access prices for potential access to the respective answers by remotely located users;
said scripts being configured to estimate potential revenue from publishing the answers and potential readership of the answers, based on parameters comprising factors related to the extent of potential access to said answers and the extent of previous access to previously offered answers;
said system further comprising a facility to provide the potential publisher of the answers with computer displays showing potential revenue and potential readership of the answers and potential changes therein over time; and
said pricing engine application cluster being further configured to generate different prices for access to the answers at different times to thereby generate prices that vary over time based at least in part on user behavior.
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Abstract
A computer system and method in which users remotely access a system to proffer content that users can access from remote locations. The system automatically stores content together with parameters that pertain to the content and facilitate users'"'"' access, and automatically and dynamically prices access to the articles in a manner relating prices to user behavior. In one improvement, the system and method enrich the system by adding automated selection of potential providers of answers to questions that users post and an automatic selection of suitable recipients of answers to those questions, and also by adding dynamic pricing for access to the answers that may differ for different classes of access and for different times of access.
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18 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented system configured to provide potential publishers of an answer to a user'"'"'s question with estimates of potential revenue from publishing the answer and potential readership of the answer in the environment of dynamic, essentially real time pricing of users'"'"' access to content represented by answers by publishers to questions posted on the system by users, which pricing varies over time with user behavior to reflect actual values that users place on access to the answers, said system comprising:
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a computer-implemented articles database configured to store and update articles stored in the system and the questions and answers to the questions posted on the system; a computer-implemented system server configured to electronically link the articles database and with publishers and users and provide the publishers and users with selected granulated entry to the articles database to supply thereto and access therefrom articles, questions and answers to the questions; a pricing application cluster configured to respond to the proffer of answers by publishers to a questions posted on the system by a user by carrying out a computer-implemented process applying respective scripts to the proffered answers to thereby iteratively generate access prices for potential access to the respective answers by remotely located users; said scripts being configured to estimate potential revenue from publishing the answers and potential readership of the answers, based on parameters comprising factors related to the extent of potential access to said answers and the extent of previous access to previously offered answers; said system further comprising a facility to provide the potential publisher of the answers with computer displays showing potential revenue and potential readership of the answers and potential changes therein over time; and said pricing engine application cluster being further configured to generate different prices for access to the answers at different times to thereby generate prices that vary over time based at least in part on user behavior. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method carried out by a computer-implemented system, said method providing potential publishers of an answer to a user'"'"'s question with estimates of potential revenue from publishing the answer and potential readership of the answer in the environment of providing dynamic, essentially real time access pricing of users'"'"' access to content stored in the system and represented by answers posted by publishers to questions posted on the system by users, which pricing varies over time with user behavior reflects actual values that users place on access to the answers, said method comprising:
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storing in an articles database;
articles, questions posted to the system, and answers posted on the system to the questions posted on the system;electronically linking the articles database and with publishers and users and providing the publishers and users with selected granulated entry to the articles database to supply thereto and access therefrom articles, questions and answers to the questions; respond to a proffer of an answer by a publisher to a question posted by a user by estimating, through the execution of a computer-implemented algorithm, potential revenue from publishing the answer and potential readership of the answer, based on parameters comprising factors related to the extent of potential access to said answers and the extent of previous access to previously offered answers; said estimating comprising applying, in a computer-implemented process, respective scripts to the proffered answers maintained in the articles database to thereby iteratively generate estimated access prices for access to the respective answers by remotely located users; said applying of scripts to potential answers further comprising generating different prices for potential access to the answers at different times to thereby generate prices that vary over time based at least in part on user behavior; and further responding to a proffer of an answer from a potential publisher by providing the publisher with a computer display showing potential revenue and potential readership of the answer and potential changes therein over time. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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