Patent ID: 9641619
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: G06Q,H04L

Claim:
1. A server-implemented method for operating a social media platform with gamification of user-generated content, the method comprising: (a) the server permitting a plurality of users to register as members of the social media platform; (b) the server permitting a plurality of members to upload user-generated content, wherein the server permits each member to upload no more than a limited number of items of user-generated content during each instance of a time interval; (c) the server permitting members to access user-generated content uploaded by other members of the social media platform and the server displaying, to the accessing members, the accessed user-generated content in a display area of the social media platform; (d) the server permitting members to rate user-generated content uploaded by other members of the social media platform; (e) the server aggregating, over a time period comprising multiple instances of the time interval, ratings from a plurality of members; and (f) the server declaring a winner from among the plurality of members based on the aggregated ratings over the time period, wherein: steps (a)-(f) are repeated over consecutive instances of the time period; each instance of the time period comprises multiple instances of the time interval such that the server permits each member to upload more than the limited number of items of user-generated content during each instance of the time period, but the server prevents each member from uploading more than the limited number of items of user-generated content during each instance of the time interval; for each item of user-generated content, the server permits members to rate the item of user-generated content until the end of the time period and the server accumulates the ratings for the item of user-generated content until the end of the time period; and the aggregated rating for a member submitting multiple items of user-generated content during the time period is based on a sum of the ratings for all of the multiple items of user-generated content submitted by the member.