Response game systems and method

A method of conducting a response competition, comprising:

• providing a plurality of media content game elements from a revenue provider to a group of participants;
• receiving rating and ranking information from each participant in the group of participants for each media content game element in the plurality of media content game elements;
• receiving rating and ranking information for each media content game element in the same plurality of media content game elements from a control group, wherein the control group is a subset of participants within the group of participants, the subset of participants comprising participants within a target demographic identified by the revenue provider;
• selecting a winning media content game element from the plurality of media content game elements based on the rating and ranking information from the control group;
• assigning a point value to each participant in the control group and each participant in the group of participants based on a similarity between the participant's ranking information and the ranking information received from the control group;
• ranking participants in at least one of the control group and the group of participants based on the assigned point values;
• selecting one or more winners from at least one of the control group and the group of participants based on the ranking, and
• providing information about the one or more winners to the revenue provider.

A system for conducting a response competition, comprising:

• a server configured to provide a plurality of media content game elements from a revenue provider to a group of participants over the Internet and receive rating and ranking information over the Internet from each participant in the group of participants for each media content game element in the plurality of media content game elements;
• a scoring device configured to:
• receive rating and ranking information for each media content game element in the same plurality of media content game elements from a control group, wherein the control group is a subset of participants within the group of participants, the subset of participants comprising participants within a target demographic identified by the revenue provider;
• receive the rating and ranking information from each participant in the group of participants from the server;
• select a winning media content game element from the plurality of media content game elements based on the rating and ranking information from the control group;
• assign a point value to each participant in the control group and each participant in the group of participants based on a similarity between the participant's ranking information and the ranking information received from the control group;
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• rank participants in at least one of the control group and the group of participants based on the assigned point values;
• a selection device configured to select one or more winners from at least one of the control group and the group of participants based on the rankings and provide information about the one or more winners to the revenue provider.

A system for conducting a response competition, comprising:

• a visual platform configured to provide a plurality of media content game elements to a group of participants and a control group, wherein the control group is a subset of participants within the group of participants, the subset of participants comprising participants within a target demographic identified by the revenue provider;
• a response platform configured to receive rating and ranking information from each participant in the group of participants and from the control group for each media content game element in the plurality of media content game elements;
• and
• a scoring platform configured to assign a point value to each participant in the control group and each participant in the group of participants based on a similarity between the participant's ranking information and the ranking information received from the control group, rank participants in at least one of the control group and the group of participants based on the assigned point values, and select one or more winners from at least one of the control group and the group of participants based on the rankings.

A method of response game play involving video content, comprising:

• receiving video content for a ranking game from a revenue provider;
• receiving a control player designation for the ranking game video content from the revenue provider, wherein the control designation received from the revenue provider is a target demographic of interest to the revenue provider;
• receiving registration information for a plurality of ranking game players;
• identifying control players in the plurality of ranking game players, the control players satisfying the control player designation from the revenue provider;
• identifying non-control players in the plurality of ranking game players, the control players not satisfying the control player designation from the revenue provider;
• receiving content ranking selections for the ranking game video content from the control players and the non-control players;
• identifying content that received a highest number of ranking selections by the control players as accurate ranking selections;
• assigning a point value to each control player and non-control player for each accurate ranking selection received from the respective player;
• identifying individual control players and non-control players that received a highest point value as most qualified to represent the control players;
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• delivering to the revenue provider content ranking selections and registration information for the individual control players and non-control players that received the highest point value.