Gamification and computerization of on-line photo identification

A method, executed by a computer program, of generating information through interaction among several players identifying photos and with a player who has provided at least one photo, comprising the steps of:

• a service providing the computer program;
• a player or the service providing a subject matter category related to the photo;
• the program providing the prospective players with options of either presenting his or her qualifications for evaluation and taking a subject matter competency test;
• the prospective players entering his or her decision of whether to enter his or her qualifications or to take the subject matter competency test;
• the prospective player one of:
• entering his or her qualifications and credentials for becoming an player for evaluation, and taking a subject matter competency test administered by the program;
• one of evaluating the qualifications of the prospective player and determining whether the prospective player passed the subject matter competency test and thereby either accepting or rejecting the prospective player for membership in the photo identifying game and thereby providing a plurality of photo identifying players;
• the customer accessing the program on a computer;
• the customer becoming a player to gain access to the program and automatically being subscribed to a textmatch queue;
• the player generating at least one photo of a subject within the subject matter category;
• the player uploading to the program the at least one photo;
• the program making the at least one photo available for viewing;
• the several players each retrieving the at least one photo;
• the several players viewing the at least one photo and identifying what is shown in the photo;
• the several players each matching the subject shown in the at least one photo to one preferred subject identification;
• the program updating the collection with the two leading matched texts associated with the photo names most selected by the several players and publishing it to the textmatch queue;
• the program notifying the photo submitting player that the identification is complete and is available;
• and the player who submitted the photo accessing the program and displaying the at least one identification.
• creating a competition amongst players by rating the accepted players according to at least one of:
• the frequency of participation, the frequency of concurrence with majority of the players who participate in a particular photo identifying player task of identifying photos or images, the number of photos if any that a player submits, the number of photos if any that a player identifies, the concurrence of the players with the majority when identifying photos and the number of referenced text contributions the player writes in the repository for the education of the website or mobile app users.

A method, executed by a computer program, of generating information through interaction among several photo identifying players and with a nonplaying customer who has provided at least one photo, comprising the steps of:

• a service providing the computer program;
• one of a customer and the service providing a subject matter category related to the submitted photo;
• providing a plurality of photo identifying players;
• the customer accessing the program on a computer;
• the customer becoming a nonplaying member to gain access to the program and automatically being subscribed to a photo-textmatch queue;
• the customer generating at least one photo of a subject within the subject matter category;
• the customer uploading to the program the at least one photo as a collection to a photo queue;
• the customer entering information relating to at least one photo and related information from the customer;
• the program making the collection anonymous;
• the program making the photo collection available for viewing in the photo queue;
• the several photo identifying players each retrieving the photo collection from the photo queue;
• the several players viewing the collection and identifying what is shown in the photo;
• the several players each matching at least one photo to two preferred names and associated texts stored in the program identifying and describing what is shown in the at least one photo in the collection;
• the program determining the two leading photo text matches selected most frequently by the several players for the collection;
• the program updating the identified photo collection with the two leading matched texts most selected by the several players and publishing it to the photo textmatch queue;
• the program notifying the customer that the photo identification is complete and the updated collection with identified photo and matched texts is available;
• and the photo submitting customer accessing the program and displaying the updated identified photo collection and matched texts from the photo textmatch queue.

A method executed by a computer program of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with at least one photo identifying player and with a customer who has provided the photo of a subject within a subject matter category, comprising the steps of:

• providing the computer program;
• the customer accessing the program on a computer;
• the program displaying a disclaimer;
• the program displaying a notice of privacy practices;
• entering a decision of whether he or she accepts the disclaimer;
• if the customer rejects the disclaimer, the program rejecting the customer and ending his or her program use;
• if the customer accepts the disclaimer, a customer becoming a member and gaining access to the program by entering a registration authorization and completing a customer profile including the customer address;
• the customer optionally entering credit card charging information to pay for expedited use of the program;
• the program verifying whether the credit card charging is authorized;
• the customer being automatically subscribed to a photo identification textmatch queue;
• the customer one of generating and acquiring at least one photo generally referred to as a subject photo;
• the customer uploading at least one photo to the program;
• the customer entering additional information about the subject depicted in the at least one photo;
• the program publishing a collection of at least one subject photo to the photo queue;
• the program assigning a unique identifier to the collection and indirectly relating the identifier to the submitting user;
• the program making the collection anonymous by secreting the relationships between unique collection identifier and the submitting user;
• the program making the collection readable on the photo queue;
• providing a plurality of photo evaluating players;
• each participating photo evaluating player retrieving the at least one photo from the queue;
• the several photo identifying players determining whether the at least one photo and history provided by the customer contains sufficient information to interpret and identify a the photo;
• the several photo identifying players each viewing the at least one photo and identifying the what is shown in the at least one photo;
• the several photo identifying players each matching what is identified from the at least one photo to two most preferred stored texts doing one of identifying and describing the at least one photo;
• the program determining the two leading text matches associated with the names to identify the photo selected most frequently by the several photo identifying players;
• the program storing all identifications and text matches associated to the collection;
• the program determining the two leading text matches or names of what is the photo as selected most frequently by the photo identifying players;
• the program publishing the identified photo collection in combination with the two leading matched texts to a textmatch queue;
• return textmatch;
• and the program displaying the identified image in combination with the matched texts to the customer.

A method of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with a group of players and with a customer who provides a photo of a subject within a subject matter category, comprising the steps of:

• Providing a plurality of players;
• the customer accessing the program on a computer;
• the customer becoming a member of text match service to gain further access to the program;
• the customer automatically being subscribed a photo textmatch queue;
• the customer providing information relating to the submitted photo;
• the customer uploading to the program the at least one photo;
• the program assembling the at least one photo and information into a collection;
• the program publishing the collection to a photo queue;
• the program assigning a unique identifier to the collection;
• the program making the collection anonymous by secreting the unique identifier which connects the collection to the customer;
• the program making the collection readable on the photo queue;
• participating players subscribed to the photo queue retrieving the collection from the queue;
• several members of the photo identifying player viewing the collection and identifying what is shown in the at least one photo;
• the participating players matching the identified collection to stored texts identifying or describing the subject shown in the photo;
• the program storing all photo identifications and text matches associated to the collection;
• the program determining the two leading textmatches or names of what is shown in the photo as selected most frequently by the players;
• the program publishing the identified photo collection in combination with the two leading matched texts to the textmatch queue;
• providing a return photo textmatch;
• and the program notifying the customer that the match is complete.

A method executed by a computer program of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with a group of professional players and with a nonplaying customer who provides the photo of a subject within a subject matter category, comprising the steps of:

• providing a computer program;
• providing a plurality of players;
• the customer accessing the program on a computer;
• the customer becoming a member of text match service to gain further access to the program;
• the program displaying a disclaimer;
• the program displaying a notice of privacy practices;
• the customer entering a decision of whether he or she accepts the disclaimer;
• if the customer rejects the disclaimer, the program rejecting the customer and ending his or her program use;
• if the customer accepts the disclaimer;
• the customer deciding if they wish to pay for expedited service;
• if the customer decides for expedited service the program collecting payment information and charging the customer for expedited service;
• the customer automatically being subscribed the photo identifying textmatch queue;
• the customer supplying information about subject of the at least one photo in the photo queue;
• the program displaying a tutorial guiding the user to generate or acquire a photo of the concern for uploading;
• the customer one of generating and acquiring at least one photo of a subject;
• the customer uploading to the program at least one photo;
• the program assembling at least one photo into a collection;
• the program publishing the collection to the photo queue;
• the program assigning a unique identifier to the collection, the program making the collection anonymous by secreting the unique identifier which connects the collection to the customer;
• the program making the collection readable on the photo queue;
• participating players subscribed to the photo queue retrieving the collection from the queue;
• several members professional players viewing the collection and identifying what is shown in the at least one photo;
• the participating player members matching the identified collection to stored texts identifying and describing the subject shown in the photo;
• the program storing all identifications and text matches associated to the collection;
• the program determining the two leading text matches or names of what is shown in the identified photo as selected most frequently by the players;
• the program publishing the collection in combination with the two leading matched texts to the textmatch queue;
• the program notifying the customer that the identification and text match is complete;
• customer viewing the identifications and textmatches associated to their collection from the textmatch queue;
• the program billing the customer for expedited use of the program;
• and the program displaying the identified image in combination with the matched text to the nonplaying customer.

A method of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with several professional players and with an image submitting professional providing the photo of a subject within a subject matter category, comprising the steps of:

• the photo submitting professional player one of generating and acquiring at least one photo of one a subject within a subject matter category;
• the photo submitting professional player accessing the program on a computer;
• the photo submitting professional player subscribing to the text photo match identification service to gain access to the program;
• the photo submitting professional player uploading to the program the image;
• the photo submitting professional player providing information relating to the subject in the photo;
• the program publishing the photo;
• the program making the photo anonymous;
• the program queuing the photo for viewing by the players;
• the several professional players comprising the group of photo identifying players each retrieving the photo from the queue;
• the photo identifying players viewing the photo and each identifying what is shown in the photo;
• the program determining the two leading photo identifications selected most frequently by the photo identifying players;
• the program publishing the photo in combination with the two leading identifying names most selected by the plurality of photo identifying players to one of a receiving device and location;
• the program notifying the photo submitting professional player that the match is complete and the matched image identifications are available;
• and the photo submitting professional player displaying the two identifications.

A method executed by a computer program of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with several photo identifying players comprising several professionals and with a nonplaying photo submitting professional who has provided the photo of a subject within a subject matter category, comprising the steps of:

• providing a computer program;
• providing a plurality of photo identifying players;
• the professional photo submitting player one of generating and acquiring at least one photo of a subject within a subject matter category;
• the photo submitting professional accessing the program on a computer;
• the program displaying a disclaimer;
• the program displaying a notice of privacy practices;
• the photo submitting professional entering a decision of whether he or she accepts the disclaimer;
• if the photo submitting professional rejects the disclaimer, the program rejecting the photo submitting professional and ending his or her program use;
• if the photo submitting professional accepts the disclaimer;
• a photo submitting professional subscribing to the text match service to gain access to the program by entering a registration authorization and implementing an photo submitting professional profile including the photo submitting professional electronic address;
• the photo submitting professional uploading the photo to the program;
• the photo submitting professional providing information about the subject of the photo;
• the program assembling the at least one photo into a collection of photos and any related data;
• the program publishing the collection to the photo queue;
• the photo submitting professional player entering credit card charging information to pay for use of the program, should an expedited identification be desired;
• the program verifying whether the credit card charging is authorized;
• the program assigning a unique identifier to the collection;
• the program making the collection anonymous by secreting the unique identifier;
• the program queuing the photo for viewing by the players:
• at least two participating photo identifying players retrieving the submitted photo from the photo queue;
• each of the photo identifying players determining whether the photo and information provided by the photo submitting professional contains sufficient information to interpret and identify the photo;
• each of the photo identifying players viewing the photo and identifying what is shown in the photo;
• the program determining the two leading text matches or names of what is as selected most frequently by the photo identifying players;
• the program publishing the identified photo collection in combination with the two leading matched texts to the textmatch queue;
• the program notifying the photo submitting professional that the identification and text match is complete;
• and the professional customer viewing the photo identifications and textmatches associated to their collection from the textmatch queue.

A method executed by a computer program of providing information executed by a computer program interacting with several photo identifying players and with an photo submitting professional player who provides the photo of a subject within a subject matter category, comprising the steps of:

• providing a computer program;
• providing a plurality of photo identifying players;
• the photo submitting professional players one of generating and acquiring at least one photo of a subject within a subject matter category;
• the at least one photo submitting professional player accessing the program on a computer;
• a photo submitting professional player becoming a member of the photo identification and textmatch service to gain further access to the text match service to gain access to the program by entering a registration authorization and completing a photo submitting professional player profile comprising;
• the photo submitting professional player uploading one or more at least one photo to the program;
• the photo submitting professional player entering information about the subject shown in the photo;
• the program assembling the at least one photo into a collection;
• the program publishing the collection to a photo queue;
• the program assigning a unique identifier to the collection;
• the program making the collection anonymous by secreting the unique identifier which connects the collection to the customer;
• the program making the collection readable on the photo queue for participating photo identifying players viewing the collection;
• the participating photo identifying players viewing the collection from the photomatch queue;
• the participating photo identifying players determining whether the photo and history provided by the photo submitting professional player contains sufficient information and data to interpret and identify what is represented in the collection;
• the participating photo identifying players each viewing the at least one photo and identifying what is shown in the collection;
• the program determining the two leading identifications made most frequently by the participating photo identifying players;
• the program publishing the collection in combination with the two leading matched texts to the textmatch queue;
• the program notifying the professional photo submitting player that the identification and textmatch is complete the program displaying the photo in combination with the identifications to the photo submitting professional player;
• and the customer viewing the identifications and textmatches associated to their collection from the photo textmatch queue.

A method of interacting with a photo text match program, comprising the steps of:

• a website visitor accessing the program;
• the website visitor requesting membership;
• the program displaying user terms and conditions and a disclaimer;
• the visitor entering a decision of whether he or she accepts the terms and conditions and disclaimer;
• if the visitor rejects the terms and conditions and disclaimer, the program rejecting the visitor and ending his or her use of the program;
• if the visitor accepts the terms and conditions and disclaimer, the program displaying a notice of privacy practices;
• the visitor entering a decision of whether he or she accepts the notice of privacy practices;
• if the visitor rejects the notice of privacy practices, the program rejecting the visitor and ending his or her use of the program;
• if the visitor accepts the notice of privacy practices, the program prompting the visitor to indicate whether he or she is a professional or a non-professional customer;
• if the visitor indicates non-professional customer, the program prompting the customer to enter registration authorization on one of a personal history and photo history form;
• the customer entering the registration authorization and signing the personal history or photo history form;
• the program accepting one of the signed personal history and photo history form;
• the program creating a customer profile;
• for nonprofessionals to participate if the visitor indicates that he or she is a professional, the program prompting the professional to enter his or her credentials in order to participate in the game of photo text matching and wiki editing;
• the program verifying the credentials to either accept or reject the credentials;—
• if the program accepts the credentials, the program prompting the professional to one of submit a photo only and become a photo identifying player;
• if the professional indicates his or her decision to submit a photo only and not play the game, the program creating a professional submitted profile;
• if the professional indicates his or her decision to become a game playing member, the program administering a photo identification test comprised of presenting a number of control photos known to depict specific conditions and recording the candidates answers identifying the photos;
• if the professional passes the photo identification test, the program creating a photo identifying player profile and marking the professional as a photo identifying player who may identify photos to compete for prize.

A method of interacting with a photo text match program, comprising the steps of:

• a website visitor accessing the program;
• the program prompting the website visitor to submit identifying information to determine whether the website visitor is a member;
• if the program determines that the website visitor is not a member, the program directing the website visitor to a prompt to become a member;
• if the program determines that the website visitor is a member, the program prompting the member to identify a subject matter category;
• the playing or nonplaying member previously subscribed to the textmatch to receive text matches from the group;
• the playing or nonplaying customer uploading at least one photo of a subject within the subject matter category;
• the playing or nonplaying customer entering information about the subject shown in the photo;
• the playing or nonplaying customer uploading to the program the at least one photo;
• the program assembling the at least one photo into a photobook collection of at least one photo and related data;
• the program publishing the collection to the photo queue;
• the program assigning a unique identifier to the collection;
• the program making the collection anonymous by secreting the unique identifier which connects the collection to the customer;
• participating photo identifying players subscribed to the photo queue retrieving the collection from the queue;
• several players of the professional photo identifying group viewing the collection and identifying what is shown in the at least one photo;
• the participating hoard players individually determining if the collection contains identifiable data in the at least one photo, and if not rejecting the collection with a recommendation for improvement;
• the participating photo identifying players otherwise matching the collection to stored texts identifying the identified at least one photo;
• the program storing all rejections identifications and text matches associated to the collection;
• the program determining whether one of a majority of professional players and a predetermined percentage of professional players rejected the at least one photo and if so marking the photobook collection as unusable with top recommendation for improvement;
• the program otherwise determining the two leading text matches or names of what is in the photo selected most frequently by the photo identifying players;
• the program publishing the collection in combination with the two leading matched texts or rejection notice with recommendations for improvement to a textmatch queue.

A method of interacting with a photo text match program, comprising the steps of:

• a website visitor accessing the program;
• a photo identifying player logging in;
• the program detecting and alerting the photo identifying player whether he or she is logged in and notifying the photo submitting website visitor;
• if the photo identifying player is not logged in, the photo identifying player logging in;
• if the photo identifying player is logged in, the program presenting photos to and the photo identifying player reading photos from the identification queue;
• if no more photos are to be identified, the photo identifying player logging out, or the photo identifying player logging in to read another photo;
• if more photos are to be identified, the photo identifying player determining whether the photos are of sufficient quality for evaluation;
• if the photo identifying player determines that the photos are not of sufficient quality for evaluation, the photo identifying player recommending how to improve the photos;
• the program determining whether the majority of photo identifying players say that the photos are of sufficient quality for evaluation;
• if the majority of players say that the photos are not of sufficient quality for evaluation, the program rejecting the photo;
• if the majority of-photo identifying players say that the photo is not good, the program notifying the nonplaying photo submitting customer that the photo is not good and recommending resubmission with photographic technique improvements.
• if the photo identifying player determines that the photos are good, the photo identifying player identifying the photo;
• the photo identifying player logging out;
• the program recording the top two identifications from the photo identifying players;
• the program publishing the top two identifications to match queue;
• the program notifying the nonplaying photo submitting customer of the top two identifications published such as via email, social network, or texting;
• returning to text match;
• and the program recording photo identifying player participation in their player profiles.