Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100042577 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING USER RATINGS - A website may allow users to rate content items displayed thereon. The user ratings associated with the content items may be weighted according to user rating weight. The rating weight of a particular user may be based, in whole or part, upon whether the user consistently rates content items similarly to one or more “expert” raters. The experts may be selected based on various factors including: professional training, experience, reputation on the website, or the like. If a particular user consistently rates content items similarly to the experts, the user may be given a high rating weight. Users whose ratings consistently diverge from the ratings assigned by the experts may be given a lower rating weight. The weights may be displayed in connection with a user profile, or may be hidden from the user community. The rating weights may be used in calculating an overall rating of a particular content item. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042615 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING CONTENT ON A USER-CONTENT DRIVEN WEBSITE - One or more items submitted by user-contributors of a website may be aggregated according to aggregation criteria. The aggregation criteria may specify a topic or type of item to be included in the aggregation. The aggregation criteria may be generated a priori by a user of the website and/or may be generated on-the-fly based on a search, inbound link, or the like. User contributed items may be associated with metadata and/or tags. The items and, importantly the metadata associated therewith, may be rated by users of the website. The item ratings, the metadata, and/or the metadata ratings may be used to aggregate relevant items, thereby increasing the probability that the aggregation closely matches the aggregation criteria. The aggregated items may be presented in a user interface to one or more users of the website. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042616 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTING AND PRESENTING REPRESENTATIVE CONTENT OF A USER - Representative content of a user may be selected from the content submitted by the user and available on a website. The content may be rated and the selection of the representative content may be based upon the user ratings. The ratings may be submitted by other users and/or may be received or derived from other sources, such as an editorial board, website employees, hit-count, or the like. The representative content may include the highest-rated, lowest-rated, and/or average-rated content items submitted by the user. Indications of the representative content items may be displayed in connection with content submitted by the user. Displaying the indications of the representative content may motivate users to author and/or submit quality content to the website. The representative content displayed in connection with content submitted by the user may provide an easy-to-digest assessment of the user's corpus. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042618 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPARING USER RATINGS - A rating submitted by a user may be compared to ratings submitted by other users in a user community. The users within the user community may be identified using respective descriptive tags. A subset of users within the community may be defined using the descriptive tags. A tag-specific comparison may be made between the rating submitted by the user and a particular subset of the user community. The user may add, edit, and/or remove descriptive tags responsive to the comparisons. Cohesive groups may be identified within the user community. Ratings submitted by members of a cohesive group may be used to suggest content to other members of the group. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042660 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING ALTERNATIVE VERSIONS OF USER-SUBMITTED CONTENT - A user-contributor may submit a plurality of related content items and associated metadata to a website corpus. One of the items may be designated as the primary version, and the rest may be designated as secondary versions. The metadata may be associated with the primary version in the website corpus, and, as such, may act as a representative for the secondary versions. An interface may display the primary version in connection with indications of the secondary versions. Ratings of the primary version may be used to determine an overall user rating of the submitter, whereas ratings of the secondary versions may not. Similarly, only the primary version may count against a submission limit of the user and/or be eligible for selection as representative content of the submitter. | 02-18-2010 |
20100042928 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING AND PRESENTING A USER-CONTRIBUTOR RATING INDEX - The quality and/or nature of the contributions submitted by a particular user-contributor may be summarized by a quality rating, a prime slice count, and/or a prime slice ratio. The quality rating may be derived from a subset of top-rated submissions by the user. The prime slice count may indicate how many of the user's submissions are within a top-rated, prime slice of the website corpus. The prime slice ratio may represent a ratio of the prime slice count to the total number of submissions from the user-contributor. Indications of the quality rating, prime slice count, and/or prime slice ration may be displayed in connection with content submitted by the user and/or a user profile. The indicators may include graphics, text, or the like. This invention allows for recognition of a valuable contributor without penalizing the contributor for submissions that do not reflect the contributor's very best work. | 02-18-2010 |
20110246459 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ANALYZING METADATA TAG RELEVANCE RATINGS FOR COHESIVENESS - A content item may be associated with metadata comprising one or more tags. A user may indicate a relevance rating associated with a tag. The relevance rating may indicate whether the user feels the tag is relevant to the associated content item. Using a plurality of user-provided relevance ratings, a tag relevance model may be established. A tag relevance model may comprise a weighted or un-weighted average and/or median relevance rating of the tag and/or a cohesiveness of the of the relevance ratings. Rating cohesiveness may be used to identify controversial tags. Tag relevance information may be used to order search results. Tag ratings may also be used to aggregate users into groups comprising users having a similar point of view relative to one or more tag ratings. In addition, users may be grouped according to content access and/or tags rated regardless of the relevance rating applied. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246485 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GROUPING USERS BASED ON METADATA TAG RELEVANCE RATINGS - A content item may be associated with metadata comprising one or more tags. A user may indicate a relevance rating associated with a tag. The relevance rating may indicate whether the user feels the tag is relevant to the associated content item. Using a plurality of user-provided relevance ratings, a tag relevance model may be established. A tag relevance model may comprise a weighted or un-weighted average and/or median relevance rating of the tag and/or a cohesiveness of the of the relevance ratings. Rating cohesiveness may be used to identify controversial tags. Tag relevance information may be used to order search results. Tag ratings may also be used to aggregate users into groups comprising users having a similar point of view relative to one or more tag ratings. In addition, users may be grouped according to content access and/or tags rated regardless of the relevance rating applied. | 10-06-2011 |
20120005209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING INTERSECTIONS USING CONTENT METADATA - User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. The user-submitted content may be browsed and/or searched using the descriptive metadata. Intersection criteria comprising a prevailing timeframe, a location, and/or other metadata criteria may be used to identify an intersection space comprising one or more stories. The stories may be ordered according to relative importance, which may be determined (at least in part) by comparing story metadata to the intersection criteria. | 01-05-2012 |
20120239608 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALIBRATING USER RATINGS - A website may allow users to rate content items displayed thereon. The user ratings associated with the content items may be weighted according to user rating weight. The rating weight of a particular user may be based, in whole or part, upon whether the user consistently rates content items similarly to one or more “expert” raters. The experts may be selected based on various factors including: professional training, experience, reputation on the website, or the like. If a particular user consistently rates content items similarly to the experts, the user may be given a high rating weight. Users whose ratings consistently diverge from the ratings assigned by the experts may be given a lower rating weight. The weights may be displayed in connection with a user profile, or may be hidden from the user community. | 09-20-2012 |
20130145327 | Interfaces for Displaying an Intersection Space - User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata, such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. The user-submitted content may be browed and/or searched using the descriptive metadata. Intersection criteria comprising a prevailing timeframe, a location, and/or other metadata criteria may be used to identify an intersection space comprising one or more stories. The stories may be ordered according to relative importance, which may be determined (at least in part) by comparing story metadata to the intersection criteria. Stories may be browsed in an intersection interface comprising a timeframe control. The intersection interface (and the timeframe control) may be configured to receive inputs in various forms including gesture input, movement input, orientation input, and so on. | 06-06-2013 |
20130173531 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. Story content is presented in a virtual space, such as a forum, chatroom, or the like. Users submit collaborative content as the story is presented in the virtual space. The collaborative content is synchronized to presentation of the story. An author may replay the presentation and synchronized collaborative content and/or select portions of the collaborative content for inclusion in the story. | 07-04-2013 |
20140046973 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COLLABORATIVE STORYTELLING IN A VIRTUAL SPACE - User-submitted content (e.g., stories) may be associated with descriptive metadata (intersection metadata), such as a timeframe, location, tags, and so on. Story content is presented in a virtual space, such as a forum, chatroom, or the like. Users submit collaborative content as the story is presented in the virtual space. The collaborative content is synchronized to presentation of the story. An author may replay the presentation and synchronized collaborative content and/or select portions of the collaborative content for inclusion in the story. | 02-13-2014 |