Patent ID: 9327197
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: A63F,G06Q,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method for conducting a challenge event via use of a computer system comprising an apparatus, wherein the apparatus comprises a processor and a read-only memory (ROM) hard-wired into the apparatus, wherein the ROM contains program code, which, upon being executed by the processor, implements the method, and wherein the apparatus is a special purpose machine specific to the method due to the ROM being hard wired into the apparatus, said method comprising: said processor receiving, from a client computer, a request for the challenge event; in response to said receiving the request from the client computer, said processor communicating, to a plurality of participants, the challenge event in a form of an event specification; said processor receiving from each participant of the plurality of participants a proposal for a solution that meets the event specification; said processor choosing only one participant from the plurality of participants, said choosing based on the proposal previously received from each participant; after said choosing the only one participant, said processor receiving the solution in a form of a computer code from the chosen only one participant; said processor validating the received solution for quality and accepting the received solution; and in response to said validating and accepting the received solution, said processor delivering the received solution to the client computer, said received solution configured to be used by the client computer to support software development for the client computer.