Patent ID: 8977761
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, by a computer-based system configured for facilitating a tournament and from a first user, standardized data for assessing an opportunity; providing, by the computer-based system via an online portal and based at least partially upon the standardized data, a plurality of tools to the first user; receiving, by the computer-based system, an upload of a first digital product, wherein the first digital product is associated with the opportunity; identifying, by the computer-based system, the first digital product for participation in a product tournament, wherein the tournament comprises a plurality of digital products; enabling, by the computer-based system, download of a subset of the plurality of the digital products by a plurality of tournament judges associated with the tournament; determining, by the computer-based system and based on feedback from the plurality of tournament judges, a score for the first digital product, wherein the score comprises an aggregate of a plurality of scores received from the plurality of tournament judges; determining, by the computer-based system, that the score for the first digital product is higher than a score for a second digital product; determining, by the computer-based system and based on the score for the first digital product, that the first digital product is a winner of a first round of the product tournament; and advancing, by the computer-based system, the first digital product to a second round of the product tournament.