Patent ID: 8862497

Claim:
A computer implemented method for rewarding a user of a web-based application, comprising: providing a web-based application for sharing geospatial information on a server accessible by a plurality users using client-server interfaces, wherein the application interface provides for user-directed posting and retrieval from a database operative with the server of user-provided geospatial content relating to the application; monitoring, using software operative with the server, use by the plurality of users of geospatial content posted on the server by one specific user of the plurality of users; assessing, using software operative with the server and based on the monitored use, an informational value to the plurality of users of the geospatial content posted on the server by the specific user; determining, using software operative with the server and based on the assessing, an incentive or reward, based on the assessed value of the geospatial content posted by the specific user; and providing, using software operative with the server, the specific user with the determined incentive or reward.