Personalized profile for evaluating content
First Claim
1. A method for evaluating content, comprising the steps of:
- consulting an evaluation profile which represents evaluation preferences of a user to identify at least one contributing evaluation system;
obtaining at least one content rating from said at least one contributing evaluation system;
determining, based upon said at least one content rating, as specified by said evaluation profile, a combined content rating; and
reporting said combined content rating to a user;
wherein said combined rating provides a personalized indication of the value of said content to said user.
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Abstract
The invention provides a method and apparatus for evaluating content by combining ratings obtained from one or more evaluation systems according to the preferences of a particular user. To determine a combined rating for a portion of content of interest to the user, an evaluation profile, potentially unique to the user, is consulted to identify at least one contributing evaluation system. Each of the contributing evaluation systems identified is queried to obtain a rating that represents the value of the content, as judged by an evaluation authority that manages the evaluation system. The ratings obtained are combined in a manner specified by the evaluation profile to determine a combined rating that is presented to the user. The combined rating therefore provides a personalized indication of the value of the content to the user.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for evaluating content, comprising the steps of:
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consulting an evaluation profile which represents evaluation preferences of a user to identify at least one contributing evaluation system;
obtaining at least one content rating from said at least one contributing evaluation system;
determining, based upon said at least one content rating, as specified by said evaluation profile, a combined content rating; and
reporting said combined content rating to a user;
wherein said combined rating provides a personalized indication of the value of said content to said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for evaluating content comprising:
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a plurality of evaluation profiles, each maintained by at least one of a plurality of users;
a plurality of evaluation systems;
means for identifying a portion of content of interest to a user;
means for consulting at least one evaluation profile maintained by said user, said consulting means identifying, among said evaluation systems, at least one contributing evaluation system;
means for obtaining at least one content rating for said portion of content from said at least one contributing evaluation system;
means for determining, based on said at least one content rating, as specified by said at least one evaluation profile, a combined content rating; and
means for reporting said combined content rating to said user; and
wherein said combined content rating provides a personalized indication of the value of said content to said user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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