Group polling for consumer review
First Claim
1. A method of collecting reviews over a network, the method comprising:
- providing a first presentation to a first user via a first client associated with the first user;
maintaining a trust network linking the first user to other users in the trust network;
receiving a request for a review from the first user via the first client;
routing a request for the review to the users in the trust network linked to the first user; and
saving at least one of the returned reviews on at least one review server that maintains a collection of reviews, wherein each saved review is associated with the first presentation.
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Abstract
Using a computer system comprising clients at which users interface to the computer system and at least one review server that maintains a collection of reviews, each associated with a presentation, a method of collecting the reviews including providing a first presentation to a first user via a first client associated with the first user; maintaining a trust network linking the first user to the other users in the trust network; receiving a request for a review from the first user via the first client; routing a request for a review to the users in the trust network who are linked to the first user in the trust network; and saving at least some of the returned reviews in the collection of review.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of collecting reviews over a network, the method comprising:
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providing a first presentation to a first user via a first client associated with the first user;
maintaining a trust network linking the first user to other users in the trust network;
receiving a request for a review from the first user via the first client;
routing a request for the review to the users in the trust network linked to the first user; and
saving at least one of the returned reviews on at least one review server that maintains a collection of reviews, wherein each saved review is associated with the first presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A consumer review method for soliciting reviews to a query comprising:
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presenting a Web presentation to a client associated with a first user;
presenting a user interface to the client, wherein the user interface is configured to send a query about the Web presentation; and
sending the query to a set of clients associated with a set of users to solicit a set of reviews to the query from the set of users, wherein the set of users has a known relationship with the first user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A review solicitation system comprising:
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at least one query system configured to receive a request for a query from a requester; and
a review server configured to publish a request page on the query system, wherein the request page is configured to receive the request, and wherein the review server is configured to automatically send the query to a set of clients associated with a set of reviewers, wherein the reviewers are members of a trust network. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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