Patent ID: 8639764

Claim:
An automated blogging and skills portfolio management system accessible via the Internet and telecom networks, the automated blogging and skills portfolio management system comprising: a crowd-sourcing front end configured to receive a plurality of messages from a plurality of mobile devices, each mobile device associated with at least one user, wherein each of the plurality of messages comprises at least one of a digital photo, a user recorded audio, a digital video and a textual input, wherein each of said messages are associated with at least one participant; a web server communicatively coupled to the crowd-sourcing front end that stores each of the plurality of messages and makes them retrievable based on at least on a current event, participant, and participant group; a publishing component configured to: publish at least one blog based at least on the plurality of messages; dynamically generate a blog for each of a plurality of participants and participant groups for review by said at least one participant; and dynamically generate a blog page for the current event and presents information about said current event, based on the plurality of messages, a skills portfolio management component communicatively coupled to the web server and the publishing component that collects into a skills portfolio, manages the skills portfolio, and presents for display recommendations, performance reviews and feedback received by the at least one, wherein the skills portfolio management component stores a plurality of skills portfolios, each associated with a different participant; and the skills portfolio management component configured to: facilitate incorporation, by the at least one participant, of at least one of the plurality of messages, into the skills portfolio for the at least one participant and management and selective sharing by at least one participant; and manage the sharing of the skills portfolio with other entities, wherein the other entities are at least one of college recruiters, sports organizations, schools, newspaper companies and advertisers; wherein each skills portfolio comprises: a player profile of the associated participant; details of sports skills of the associated participant; inputs concerning the associated participant from other users; recommendations for the associated participant; involvement and achievements of the participant in other nonathletic organizations and activities; feedback information concerning the associated participant; achievements, awards, and other recognitions of the associated participant; event performance information of the associated participant; and contact information of the associated participant.