Competition system and method
AssigneeRoundingnet, Ltd.
InventorsHironori Kitade, Seiji Kato
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Abstract
A method and system for holding a location-independent competition are provided. The method comprises: receiving a plurality of electronic participation images each including a real target; disqualifying a participation image, if the participation image does not include the real target; providing the remaining participation images for viewing; receiving one or more objections associated with one or more participation images; disqualifying a participation image, if the number of objections associated with the participation image has reached a threshold; and determining a winner by evaluating the remaining qualified images based on a first criteria.
Claims10
A competition system for holding a competition by exchanging information with client systems via a communication network, comprising:
- means for accepting registration of a participant for a competition in which the participant participates by sending an image;
- means for notifying a registered participant of a specific article for certification for inclusion in the image;
- means for receiving the image from the registered participant;
- and
- means for making public a result of the competition based on evaluation of the received image.
A competition method for holding a competition by exchanging information with client systems via a communication network, comprising:
- accepting registration of a participant for a competition in which the participant participates by sending an image;
- notifying a registered participant of a specified article for certification for inclusion in the image;
- receiving the image from the registered participant;
- and
- making public a result of the competition based on evaluating the received images.
A method for holding a location-independent competition comprising:
- receiving a plurality of electronic participation images each including a real target;
- disqualifying a participation image, if the participation image does not include the real target;
- providing the remaining participation images for viewing;
- receiving one or more objections associated with one or more participation images;
- disqualifying a participation image, if the number of objections associated with the participation image has reached a threshold;
- and
- determining a winner by evaluating the remaining qualified images based on a first criteria.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.