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System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions

  • US 20010047290A1
  • Filed: 02/10/2001
  • Published: 11/29/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for creating and maintaining information in a database of subjects, available to a population of users, comprising:

  • a) describing a database subject using a plurality of natural-language terms, each of such plurality of natural-language terms having relevance to the subject according to an involved subset of such population of users;

    b) rating the degree of relevance of each of such plurality of natural-language terms to such database subject according to each of such involved subset of such population of users;

    c) associating, in such database, such respective natural-language terms and respective degrees of relevance with each such database subject; and

    d) computing, for such involved subset of such population of users, in such database, an overall degree of relevance of each of such plurality of natural-language terms to such database subject.

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