Patent ID: 8645844

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of conducting a contest for competing media works, the method comprising: providing an electronic system for receiving a plurality of media works from contributors for an identified contest; identifying a first time period of the identified contest covering a beginning portion of the identified contest; identifying a second time period of the identified contest covering an ending portion after the first time period of the identified contest; providing an interface for displaying pairs of media works to rate, and for receiving a rating input, from a media reviewer, indicating how a first presented media work from a given pair compares relative to a second presented media work from the given pair according to a predetermined rating criterion; identifying media reviewers that have multiple accounts with the electronic system; recording ratings received from media reviewers having a single account with the electronic system; for media reviewers having multiple accounts, recording ratings received from a prior account if that prior account has previously submitted recorded ratings, and from a later account if the prior account has not previously submitted recorded ratings, and not recording ratings received from other accounts of the same media reviewer; for ratings received and recorded during the first time period of the identified contest, ranking media works from best to worst based on an Elo system of ranking; for ratings received and recorded during the second time period of the identified contest, ranking media works from best to worst based on a Ranked-Pairs system of ranking; identifying a top-ranked media work as a winning media work for the identified contest.