Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

An information processing method, comprising:

• receiving a request for a task of creating contents;
• receiving an entry of a contract of the task;
• receiving a selection of any one of a designation method that designates one or more applicants among applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit and requests the task to the one or more designated applicants, and a competition method that requests all or a part of the task to two or more applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit and competitively determines which content is better;
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• outputting information for requesting a contract of the task to the one or more applicants designated among the applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit when the designation method is selected and outputting information for requesting a contract of all or a part of the task to the two or more applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit when the competition method is selected.

A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program causing a computer to function as:

• a task request receiving unit that receives a request for a task of creating contents;
• a contract entry receiving unit that receives an entry of a contract of the task;
• a method selection receiving unit that receives a selection of any one of a designation method that designates one or more applicants among applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit and requests the task to the one or more designated applicants, and a competition method that requests all or a part of the task to two or more applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit and competitively determines which content is better;
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• a task contract requesting unit that outputs information for requesting a contract of the task to the one or more applicants designated among the applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit when the designation method is selected and outputs information for requesting a contract of all or a part of the task to the two or more applicants whose entry is received by the contract entry receiving unit when the competition method is selected.