摘要 |
<p>In one aspect, the invention is understood as methods for administrating a search request distributed to a large arena of participants. The method can include the steps of providing a server for generating a page signal having information that is representative of a characteristic of an item to be identified by a participant in the search request (94). In another step, the method will allow each participant in the search to employ a client process operating on a client station to connect to the server through a computer network and to download the page signal from the server that provides the characteristic of the information of the item being identified. Each participant can submit an answer to an administrative body that is supervising the administration of the search, wherein the answer is representative of an item that has been identified by a respective participant as having the characteristics set forth in the page signal.</p> |