Providing a rating for a web site based on weighted user feedback
First Claim
1. A method of providing a rating for a web site, the rating obtained from one or more member users, the method including:
- a member user submitting feedback data using an interface provided on a member user terminal, the feedback data relating to the web site and the member user having a member user weighting; and
, determining the rating for the web site at least partially based on the feedback data and the member user weighting.
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Abstract
A method of (and associated system and computer program product for) providing a rating for a web site (205). The rating is obtained from a plurality of member users. A member user (405) submits (320) feedback data (215), that may be stored in a database (220), using an interface (415) provided on a member user terminal (210), the feedback data (215) related to the web site. A member user submitting feedback data (215) has a member user weighting, a member user weighting is preferably obtained (330) from one or more other member users, or may be initially allocated as a default weighting. The rating for the web site (205) is determined (340) at least partially based on the feedback data (215) and the member user weighting of the member user who submitted the feedback data (215). The rating may be determined or adjusted by feedback data and respective member user weightings received from other member users.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing a rating for a web site, the rating obtained from one or more member users, the method including:
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a member user submitting feedback data using an interface provided on a member user terminal, the feedback data relating to the web site and the member user having a member user weighting; and
,determining the rating for the web site at least partially based on the feedback data and the member user weighting. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for providing a rating for a web site, the rating obtained from one or more member users, a member user submitting feedback data using an interface provided on a member user terminal, the feedback data relating to the web site, the system including:
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a database to store a member user weighting; and
,a processor to determine the rating for the web site at least partially based on the feedback data and the member user weighting. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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- 15. A computer program product for use in providing a rating for a web site, the rating obtained from one or more member users, the computer program product providing an interface configured to enable a member user to submit feedback data from a member user terminal, the feedback data relating to the web site, the member user having a member user weighting, and wherein the determination of the rating for the web site is at least partially based on the feedback data and the member user weighting.
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