Patent ID: 8032528

Claim:
A computer-implemented method operating on a computer system comprising: receiving content from a submitter for publication in an electronic format; determining an authentication status of the submitter of the content; determining automatically whether the content submitted should be reviewed prior to publication based on at least the authentication status of the submitter and a content subject matter category; if review is determined, creating a review request for the content; determining a total amount of reviewers needed to approve the content for publication based on the content subject matter category of the content, wherein the total amount of reviewers needed to approve the content for publication is determined based on a queue level hierarchy that comprises a plurality of levels of review, wherein a first level of the plurality of levels of review comprises a first amount of reviewers and a second level of the plurality of levels of review comprises a second amount of reviewers, and wherein the total amount of reviewers at least comprises the sum of the first amount and the second amount; assigning the review request to a plurality of queues based on the content subject matter category of the content and the total amount of reviewers needed to approve the content for publication; notifying a plurality of potential reviewers that the review request is pending in the plurality of queues by transmitting a plurality of notification messages that indicate that the review request is pending to the plurality of potential reviewers; providing access to the content via a network for review by a reviewer; determining whether to interim publish the content by temporarily publishing the content before receiving a response message to a notification message based on the content subject matter category of the content; processing the response message to the notification message, the response message indicating a reviewer's review; and determining whether to publish the content based on the response message.