Crowd-sourced problem solving

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a remote server, a query from a device, the query including device information about the device;
• aggregating, via the remote server, a list of solutions based upon the device information;
• assigning to each solution a performance rank based at least in part on the device information received at the remote server;
• and
• transmitting, over a communication network, the list of solutions and the performance rank associated with each solution from the remote server to the device.

A computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable instructions comprising:

• detecting a predetermined user input;
• accessing device information identifying a characteristic of a device;
• transmitting the device information to a remote server;
• receiving, from the remote server, a list of selectable solutions based at least in part on the device information and a performance rank of each solution;
• and
• populating a graphical user interface with the list of selectable solutions.