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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for providing resources to participants over an electronic network, said process steps comprising:
- maintaining a collection of resources, wherein both the collection and the resources can be accessed by a participant over the electronic network at any given time;
assigning points to individual resources based on an amount of participant access of said individual resources over the electronic network; and
modifying the collection based on the points assigned to the resources.
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Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for providing resources to participants over an electronic network. In one representative embodiment, a collection of resources is maintained, such that both the collection and the resources can be accessed by a participant over the electronic network at any given time; points are assigned to individual resources based on an amount of participant access of the individual resources over the electronic network; and the collection is modified based on the points assigned to the resources.
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for providing resources to participants over an electronic network, said process steps comprising:
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maintaining a collection of resources, wherein both the collection and the resources can be accessed by a participant over the electronic network at any given time; assigning points to individual resources based on an amount of participant access of said individual resources over the electronic network; and modifying the collection based on the points assigned to the resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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13. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable process steps for providing information to participants over an electronic network, said process steps comprising:
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maintaining a collection of resources, wherein both the collection and the resources are accessible by a participant over the electronic network at any given time; permitting participants to rate the resources; assigning points to individual resources based on how the participants rated said individual resources; and automatically removing resources from the collection based on points assigned to the resources and based on an established criterion. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for providing resources to participants over an electronic network, said system comprising:
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means for maintaining a collection of resources, wherein both the collection and the resources can be accessed by a participant over the electronic network at any given time; means for assigning points to individual resources based on an amount of participant access of said individual resources over the electronic network; and means for modifying the collection based on the points assigned to the resources.
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