Patent ID: 8744900

Claim:
An integrated sampling event kit for sampling a set of consumable items comprising: an integrated package including at least the following: 1) the set of consumable items, the set being associated with a unique kit sampling event code and a unique item sampling event code associated with an item sampling event; wherein the set of consumable items are packaged in a manner so as to obscure their origin and/or identity from at least some of a group of participants in said item sampling event; 2) a storage media including item data stored thereon in electronic form, including identification data for each item in the set of items; wherein the storage media includes data and/or computing instructions adapted to be read by a computing device that, when executed, cause the computing device to conduct a sampling event for the set of consumable items in cooperation with an event website computing system; and further wherein said data and/or computing instructions are adapted to cause the computing device and/or said event website computing system to perform at least the following operations: a) solicit ratings from the group of participants for the set of consumable items, b) compute item scores from said ratings for the set of consumable items, c) compute participant scores for the group of participants, and d) correlate the set of consumable items to other consumable items, and/or correlate each participant in said sampling event to other participants in said sampling event or other sampling events.