System and Method for Content Development

Abstract

This invention relates to a system and methods for developing content. In general, in one aspect, a method for developing content includes electronically distributing a specification for content to a distributed community of content developers, receiving submissions from each of a subset of the community of content developers in response to the distributed specification, holding a first vote in which a group of voters rank a first number of submissions and identify the order in which they predict the submissions will be ranked by others, selecting the highest scoring submissions in the first vote, holding a second vote to evaluate the submissions that receive the highest score in the first vote; and selecting a winner based on the second vote.

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         11 . A method for developing video content, comprising:
 electronically distributing a specification for video content to a distributed community of content developers;   receiving submissions of video content from each of a subset of the community of designers in response to the distributed specification;   holding a first contest in which a group of voters rank a first number of submissions of video content and identify the order in which the submissions will be ranked by others;   holding a second vote to evaluate the submissions of video content that receive the highest score in the first vote; and   selecting a winner based on the second vote.   
     
     
         12 . The method of claim  1 , further comprising, prior to the first contest, reviewing the submissions of video content for intellectual property issues. 
     
     
         13 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the intellectual property issues comprise originality. 
     
     
         14 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the intellectual property issues comprise authorship. 
     
     
         15 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the intellectual property issues comprise copyright. 
     
     
         16 . The method of claim  1 , further comprising, prior to the second contest, reviewing the submissions of video content for intellectual property issues. 
     
     
         17 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the first contest uses a Schulze type method for comparison. 
     
     
         18 . The method of claim  1 , wherein the voters are rewarded for their participation.