Crowd pricing system and method having tier-based ratings

A method of distributing downloadable media items through a computerized network to a plurality of user computing devices using a pricing system having download demand, tier-based ratings, the method comprising the steps of:

• hosting a plurality of downloadable media items on a database of a centralized computerized device, each of the plurality of downloadable media items having a purchase price, wherein the purchase prices are stored in a pricing table on a non-transitory memory of the computerized device, wherein the pricing table has a plurality of pricing tiers, wherein the plurality of pricing tiers are displayable to a plurality of users each having a user computing device in communication with the centralized computerized device through an electronic network connection, wherein each of the plurality of user computing devices has a visual display screen with a user interface;
• correlating the pricing table to each of the plurality of downloadable media items;
• downloading, by the plurality of users each having the user computing device, at least one of the plurality of downloadable media items from the database to each of the user computing devices, respectively;
• calculating, by a processor, a download popularity value based on a quantity of downloads of the at least one downloadable media item from the plurality of users within an evaluation period;
• moving, by the processor, the purchase price of the at least one downloadable media item between the plurality of pricing tiers based on the calculated download popularity value;
• regulating position movement of the at least one downloadable media item between the plurality of pricing tiers with at least one control factor;
• incorporating at least one ratings designation to the at least one downloadable media item for each of the plurality of pricing tiers the at least one downloadable media item has reached, wherein each of the ratings designations having a user ratings score calculated by the processor at each of the plurality of pricing tiers and a cumulative user ratings score calculated by the processor, wherein the cumulative user ratings score is based on at least:
• the pricing tier reached by the at least one downloadable media item;
• the user ratings score of the at least one downloadable media item at each pricing tier;
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• a current pricing tier of the at least one downloadable media item, wherein the cumulative user ratings score provides an indication of cumulative user rating of the at least one downloadable media item;
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• simultaneously visually displaying a graphical image of each of the plurality of pricing tiers and the corresponding ratings designation for each pricing tier on the visual display screens of each of the user computing devices.

A computerized system for providing downloadable media to a plurality of users with interactive-based pricing tiers based on download demand, the computerized system comprising:

• a database within a centralized server, the database storing a quantity of downloadable media items;
• a plurality of user computing devices communication with the centralized server through an electronic network connection, wherein each of the plurality of user computing devices has a visual display screen with a user interface, and wherein the quantity of downloadable media items are accessible to the user computing devices over the electronic network connection;
• a non-transitory memory within the centralized server and having a quantity of instructions executable by a processor;
• a plurality of modules stored within the non-transitory memory, wherein the quantity of instructions are correlated with at least one of the plurality of modules, wherein the plurality of modules comprises:
• a pricing table module hosted on the non-transitory memory, the pricing table module visually displaying on a display screen of the user computing devices a pricing table having a plurality of pricing tiers, wherein the pricing table is correlated to at least one downloadable media file of the quantity of downloadable media, wherein a purchase price of the at least one downloadable media file is visually displayed within the pricing tiers next to at least one of:
• a textual identifying title of the at least one downloadable media file and a picture of the at least one downloadable media file;
• a download popularity value module calculating a download popularity value based on a quantity of downloads of the at least one downloadable media file by the user computing devices within an evaluation period, wherein the at least one downloadable media file is movable between the plurality of pricing tiers based on the download popularity value, wherein position movement of the at least one downloadable media file is regulated by at least one control factor;
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• a ratings designation module providing a ratings designation to the at least one downloadable media item for each of the plurality of pricing tiers the at least one downloadable media item has reached, each ratings designation having a user ratings score calculated by the processor at each of the plurality of pricing tiers and a cumulative user ratings score calculated by the processor, wherein the cumulative user ratings score is based on at least:
• the pricing tier reached by the at least one downloadable media item;
• the user ratings score of the at least one downloadable media item at each pricing tier;
• and
• a current pricing tier of the at least one downloadable media item, wherein the cumulative user ratings score provides an indication of cumulative user rating of the at least one downloadable media file, and wherein a graphical image of each of the plurality of pricing tiers and the corresponding ratings designation for each pricing tier are both simultaneously displayed on the visual display screen of each of the user computing devices.