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US 2014/0229245 A1Published application
On-line film festival
OwnerDavid Strauss, Barbara Wade +1inventors
InventorsDavid Strauss, Barbara Wade, David Corbin
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Abstract
This disclosure relates generally to an online film festival allows a first user and a second user to submit a first film and a second film, respectively. The films are submitted via a digital interface and a viewer can view the submitted films through those means as well. The viewer can vote, comment on, and/or contribute funds to film of his or her choice, with the funds being contributed after presentation of the film. A vote tallying portion of the digital interface tracks and counts a number of votes associated with the film. The winning film can be determined by the number of votes or a jury.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a digital interface accessible by a computer from a computer network, the digital interface comprising:
- a receiving portion configured to receive a first film from a first submitter and a second film from a second submitter, the first film and the second film each being received as a digital representation of a set of images;
- an information submission portion to receive information about the first and second submitters;
- a viewing portion configured to present to one or more viewers the first film and the second film, the viewing portion further comprising an input portion that is configured to receive from the one more viewers a vote, a comment, and/or funds associated with the first film and the second film, the funds being collected from at least one of the one or more viewers after presentation of the first film or the second film;
- a timer associated with each of the first film and the second film, the timer tracking a time remaining to vote on the respective first or second film;
- a vote tallying portion that tracks a number of votes associated with the first and second film, the vote tallying portion further having an input for receiving data from a jury related to the first and second films, the vote tallying portion configured to determine a winning film based on the number of votes or the data from the jury;
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- a digital forum provided by the computer network, the digital forum presenting data representing the winning film, the digital forum further generating promotions for the winning film, and designating a prize associated with the winning film.
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A method for conducting a film contest comprising:
- receiving, via a digital interface a first film from a first submitter, and a second film from a second submitter to submit, the first film and the second film each being received as a digital representation of a set of images;
- accepting information about the first film and the second film via a submission portion of the digital interface from the first submitter and second submitter, respectively;
- presenting, via a viewing portion of the digital interface, options for a user to search and find at least one of the submitted films to view;
- viewing via the viewing portion of the digital interface by the user the at least one of the submitted films;
- accepting at least one vote via an input portion of the digital interface from the user, the at least one vote being associated with at least one of the submitted films;
- tallying a number of votes associated with the first and second films using a vote tallying portion of the digital interface;
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- generating a contest winner from the at least two submitted films, the contest winner being determined by the at least one vote or a jury.
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A method comprising:
- providing a digital interface that allows a first submitter to submit a first film, at least a second submitter to submit a second film, and a viewer to view the at least two submitted films;
- accepting the at least two submitted films via the digital interface;
- presenting options for a user to search and find at least one of the submitted films to view;
- viewing via the digital interface by the user the at least one of the submitted films;
- accepting at least one vote via the digital interface from the user, the at least one vote being associated with at least one of the submitted films;
- selecting via a vote tallying portion of the digital interface a subset of the submitted films for a jury process based upon the at least one vote;
- subjecting the subset of the submitted films to the jury process using pre-determined judging criteria;
- generating a contest winner from the subset of the submitted films;
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- announcing the contest winner via a digital forum associated with the digital interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.