Method and system for ascribing a reputation to an entity as a rater of other entities

• US 20050149383A1
• Filed: 02/11/2005
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Open Ratings, Inc. (Dun & Bradstreet Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Open Ratings, Inc. (Dun & Bradstreet Corp.)
• Inventors: Zacharia, Giorgos C., Tkach, Dmitry
• Application Number:
  US11/056,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20050149383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/04 Forecasting or optimisation specially adapted for administrative or management purposes, e.g. linear programming or "cutting stock problem" market predictions or forecasting for commercial activities G06Q30/0202
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

A method and system for ascribing a reputation of an entity as a rater of other entities is provided. A first rating indicative of a rating of a rated entity by the first entity, and one or more second ratings, each second rating indicative of a rating of the rated entity provided by another entity, are provided. The second ratings are combined to produce a first combined rating. The first rating is compared to the first combined rating to produce a first rating predictability of the first rating, the first rating predictability being a negative function of a magnitude of a difference between the first rating and the first combined rating. A resulting rater reputation is generated based at least in part on the first rating predictability.

Claims

1. A method of determining a rater reputation of a first entity as a rater of other entities, wherein provided is a first rating indicative of a rating of a rated entity by the first entity, and one or more second ratings, each second rating indicative of a rating of the rated entity provided by another entity, the method comprising acts of:

(A) combining the second ratings to produce a first combined rating;

(B) comparing the first rating to the first combined rating to produce a first rating predictability of the first rating, the first rating predictability being a negative function of a magnitude of a difference between the first rating and the first combined rating; and

(C) generating a resulting rater reputation based at least in part on the first rating predictability.