Patent ID: 9199172
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: A63F,G06Q,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented apparatus comprising a processor and a read-only memory (ROM) hard-wired into the apparatus, said ROM containing instructions which, upon being executed by the processor, implement a method for providing a challenge event, said apparatus being a special purpose machine specific to the method due to the ROM being hard wired into the apparatus, said program code comprising: a portal for receiving, over an Internet, from each participant of a plurality of participants a proposal for a solution that meets an event specification for said challenge event and for receiving, over the Internet, the solution in a form of a document or computer code from only one participant who had been previously chosen from the plurality of participants after each participant's proposal had been received; an event manager server for creating said challenge event; a catalog of reusable code assets; a pricing calculator in communication with said catalog, on said event manager server, for pricing said challenge event and including said pricing in said specification, said pricing calculator having an analytics engine for improving said calculator over time based on past events; a selector subsystem for choosing said only one participant for said challenge event; and a challenge server layer in communication with said portal for scoring said solution in the form of the document or computer code.