SYSTEM TO MANAGE AUTOMATED PRIZE VALUE ACCUMULATION AND DISTRIBUTION
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- an interface to receive;
publication data from a publishing user, andone or more criteria to be satisfied as a prerequisite to causing display of an opportunity to win a prize;
a publication module comprising one or more processors to;
receive a query from a viewing user, the query identifying the publication data;
verify the viewing user satisfies the one or more criteria;
responsive to the verification of the viewing user, generate a presentation including the publication data and the opportunity to win the prize; and
cause display of the presentation.
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Abstract
A system to manage prize accumulation and distribution includes an interface to receive publication data from a publishing user. The publication data is to be published by the computer system. The interface further receives a prize contribution value, at the computer system and from the publishing user, in exchange for the presentation of an opportunity to win a cumulative prize. The opportunity to win the cumulative prize is to be presented by the computer system in conjunction with the publication of the publication data. A publication module is to electronically publish the publication data on behalf of the publishing user, and is to electronically present the opportunity to win the cumulative prize in conjunction with the publication of the publication data. A prize processing module is to calculate a value of the cumulative prize, based on a cumulative contribution of prize contribution values received from a plurality of publishing users.
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20 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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an interface to receive; publication data from a publishing user, and one or more criteria to be satisfied as a prerequisite to causing display of an opportunity to win a prize; a publication module comprising one or more processors to; receive a query from a viewing user, the query identifying the publication data; verify the viewing user satisfies the one or more criteria; responsive to the verification of the viewing user, generate a presentation including the publication data and the opportunity to win the prize; and cause display of the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method including:
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receiving publication data from a publishing user, and one or more criteria to be satisfied as a prerequisite to causing display of an opportunity to win a prize;
receiving a query from a viewing user, the query identifying the publication data;verifying the viewing user satisfies the one or more criteria; responsive to the verification of the viewing user, generating a presentation including the publication data and the opportunity to win the prize; and causing display of the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 18)
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17. The computer-implemented method of claimed 15, further comprising allocating a first portion of the prize contribution value received from the publishing user to the value of the cumulative prize, and to allocate a second portion of the prize contribution value received from the publishing user to a prize scheme operator.
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19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor of a machine, causes the machine to perform operations comprising:
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receiving publication data from a publishing user, and one or more criteria to be satisfied as a prerequisite to causing display of an opportunity to win a prize;
receiving a query from a viewing user, the query identifying the publication data;verifying the viewing user satisfies the one or more criteria; responsive to the verification of the viewing user, generating a presentation including the publication data and the opportunity to win the prize; and causing display of the presentation.
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20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium embodying the set of instructions that, when executed by the processor of the machine, causes the machine to perform operations further comprising:
presenting a number of opportunities to win the prize in conjunction with the publication of the publication data, the number of opportunities presented by the publication module being dependent upon the prize contribution value.
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