Patent ID: 9123048
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at one or more server computers, a media item from a submitter computing device; publishing, via the one or more server computers, an indication of the media item to one or more consumer computing devices to allow one or more consumers to request the media item; counting, via the one or more server computers, one or more numbers of consumer requests for the media item submitted by one or more respective consumers; determining, via the one or more server computers, whether the one or more numbers of consumer requests for the media item submitted by the one or more respective consumers meets or exceeds a specified threshold of popularity, wherein the specified threshold of popularity is based at least in part on a specified expected average amount of per-user requests; and sponsoring the media item at least in part in response to a determination that the one or more numbers of consumer requests for the media item submitted by the one or more respective consumers meets or exceeds the specified threshold of popularity, wherein said sponsoring comprises providing additional transmission of the media item.