Patent ID: 7478110

Claim:
A computer-implemented game-powered searching system comprising: a query component that collects a query from a user via a search engine, the query component automatically forwards the query to a plurality of game participants; a receive component that obtains one or more responses to the query, the one or more responses obtained contemporaneously from the plurality of game participants, the game rewards game participants for suitable responses; an analysis component that determines whether at least one subset of the responses represent suitable answers to the query, the analysis component analyzes the one or more responses to establish a level of agreement between the one or more responses, the level of agreement depends upon a degree of similarity among the one or more responses, the subset of responses deemed suitable comprises responses having a level of agreement between one another that is above a threshold; a reward component that provides rewards to game participants offering responses included in the subset of responses deemed suitable; and memory storage that retains the query component, the receive component, the analysis component, the reward component or a combination thereof.