Patent ID: 8589804
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: using one or more computers, obtaining and storing a template for a story; using one or more computers, obtaining and storing a set of rules for governing collaborative writing of the story by multiple user authors; using one or more computers, obtaining, from each of a set of multiple user authors, a writing contribution, of a set of multiple writing contributions, for integration into the story, and storing the set of multiple writing contributions, wherein user authors bid for user author roles; using one or more computers, obtaining and storing a completed story, wherein forming the completed story comprises integrating each of the set of multiple writing contributions; using one or more computers, providing, to a set of users, access to the completed story; and using one or more computers, targeting electronic advertising to user authors based at least in part on characters in the story with which the user authors are associated.