Patent ID: 8630894

Claim:
A system for communicating content item information associated with a hierarchical talent assessment process to an assessor having a portable electronic device wirelessly in communication with the system, the system comprising: a controller including a processor, wherein the processor is operable to: determine whether a geographic designation set as criteria for communicating selected content item information to an assessor among a plurality of assessors registered with the system matches a geographic designation included in registration information of any of the assessors; control transmission of a notification to a first portable electronic device of a first assessor among the assessors, the first device being wirelessly in communication with the system, when the set geographic location matches a geographic location included in the registration information of the first assessor and a selected content item included in the selected content item information is available for assessment by the first assessor in accordance with the hierarchical talent assessment process, wherein the notification causes display, on a display screen of the first device, of indicia indicating receipt of the notification in association with an icon representative of an integrated application of the first device, the integrated application being operable to display information indicating the selected content item is available for assessment when the integrated application is selected by the first assessor following receipt of the notification at the first device, and wherein, in accordance with the hierarchical talent assessment process, the selected content item is available to be voted on with a voting score by the first assessor based on a category of the first assessor among a plurality of categories in a hierarchy and an average voting score attained for the selected content item among a plurality of content items available for voting thereon by a plurality of the assessors over a predetermined time interval for voting by assessors having a lower category in the hierarchy than the first assessor; and update monitoring information for the selected content item and the first assessor based on assessment information concerning the selected content item included in a response transmitted from the first device using the integrated application.