Patent ID: 8209238
Filing Date: 2012-06-26
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for developing a design, comprising: electronically distributing via a communications server and an electronic network a first specification for the creation of a graphical design to a distributed community of designers, each designer having a rating based at least in part on previously submitted designs; receiving, via the electronic network and communications server, designs from each of a subset of the community of designers in response to the distributed design specification; screening received designs that do not meet the first specification; electronically distributing a second specification comprising refinements of the first specification based on the received designs; receiving, via the electronic network and communications server, updated designs in response to the second specification; facilitating evaluation of a subset of the received updated designs by a number of evaluators using a scorecard; selecting a preferred design of a winning designer in response to the facilitated evaluation of the designs; and updating the rating of the winning designer.