METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ADVERTISING BY ONLINE CONTESTS FOR PRIZES

摘要

A method and a system for conducting one or more electronically-implemented Online Contests, comprising: receiving an flexibly-customizable Online Contest specification comprising the Online Contest event date(s) and time(s) and duration(s), specification of Online Contest Content (including type, contents, rules, and winning criteria), specifications of the Prizes and the Fringe Benefits, and specification of the associating Advertisement; releasing the Advertisement according to the Advertisement specification; registering Participants as per User's request; executing the Online Contest according to the Online Contest specification and generating scores from the Participants' input according to the Online Contest rules, and selecting Winners based on the Participants' scores and the Online Contest winning criteria; and awarding the Winners the Prizes and awarding the Participants the Fringe Benefits wherein the Prizes and the Fringe Benefits are sponsored by the Advertisers with Vouchers for their own products and/or services they intend to advertise through the Online Contest.