Implementing computer interaction response tests

A system for ensuring that a request to access content is generated by a human user, comprising:

• a bus;
• a processor coupled to the bus;
• and
• a memory medium coupled to the bus, the memory medium comprising instructions to:
• receive the request to access content from a user;
• select a random;
• if the random number is odd, selecting a CAPTCHA test of a first reward level that corresponds to a point total associated with the user;
• if the random number is even, selecting a CAPTCHA test of a second reward level that is one level higher than a level that corresponds to a point total associated with the user wherein the first reward level and is relatively lower than the second reward level, the selected CAPTCHA test comprises an advertisement and a first question related to the advertisement;
• receive a response to the first question;
• add at least one point to the point total associated with the user and determine a first reward for the user based on the point total when the response is the correct answer to the first question;
• deny access to the content and subtracting at least one point from the point total when the response is not the correct answer to the first question;
• receive a subsequent request to access content from the user;
• and
• provide an additional CAPTCHA test to the user in response to the subsequent request, the additional CAPTCHA test comprising a second advertisement and a second question related to the second advertisement, wherein the second question is of a greater difficulty level as compared to the first question;
• receive a response to the second question;
• deny access to the content and subtract at least one point from the point total, when the response to the second question is the incorrect answer to the second question, to produce an updated point total;
• and
• adding at least one point to the point total associated with the user to produce an updated point total and determining a second reward for the user based on the updated point total when the response is the correct answer to the second question, the second reward being of a greater value than the first reward, wherein the second reward is a preferential slot in a queue, and wherein the first reward is a slot in the queue behind the preferential slot, and wherein the queue is a line for access to content that has limited access capacity.

A computer program product ensuring that a request to access content is generated by a human user, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage media, to:

• receive the request to access content from a user;
• select a random number
• if the random number is odd, selecting a CAPTCHA test of a first reward level that corresponds to a point total associated with the user;
• if the random number is even, selecting a CAPTCHA test of a second reward level that is one level higher than a level that corresponds to a point total associated with the user wherein the first reward level is relatively lower than the second reward level, the selected CAPTCHA test comprises an advertisement and a first question related to the advertisement;
• receive a response to the first question;
• add at least one point to the point total associated with the user and determining a first reward for the user based on the point total when the response is the correct answer to the first question;
• deny access to the content and subtracting at least one point from the point total when the response is not the correct answer to the first question;
• receive a subsequent request to access content from the user;
• and
• provide an additional CAPTCHA test to the user in response to the subsequent request, the additional CAPTCHA test comprising a second advertisement and a second question related to the second advertisement, wherein the second question is of a greater difficulty level as compared to the first question;
• receive a response to the second question;
• deny access to the content and subtract at least one point from the point total, when the response to the second question is the incorrect answer to the second question, to produce an updated point total;
• and
• add at least one point to the point total associated with the user to produce an updated point total and determining a second reward for the user based on the updated point total when the response is the correct answer to the second question, the second reward being of a greater value than the first reward, wherein the second reward is a preferential slot in a queue, and wherein the first reward is a slot in the queue behind the preferential slot, and wherein the queue is a line for access to content that has limited access capacity.