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System and method for integrating on-line user ratings of businesses with search engines

  • US 20030033298A1
  • Filed: 01/20/2000
  • Published: 02/13/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for use with a search engine to rank search results, comprising:

  • an on-line ranking system for receiving rating data compiled from an on-line source based on interactive criteria, and for indexing the rating data;

    an on-line ranking repository for storing the rating data indexed by the on-line ranking system; and

    a result sorter for sorting query results generated by the search engine, based on the rating data from the on-line ranking repository, and for generating ranked matches.

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