Social-Network Enabled Review System With Subject-Owner Controlled Reviews
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1. A computer controlled method comprising:
- verifying that a subject-owner is authorized to dominate a plurality of reviews of a reviewed subject;
accepting and storing input from said subject-owner related to one or more functions to be applied to a review-provider server; and
controlling enablement of said one or more functions responsive to input.
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Abstract
The embodiments of the present system include a review engine that is connected to support modules and databases that receive, store, and retrieve reviews, based upon the subject and the users'"'"' relationship to the authors of the reviews. The review engine comprises a social network engine, a rate and rank engine, a credentials engine and a privacy engine. These engines allow reviews to be sorted, filtered and ordered in terms of relevance when presented to the user. Numerous methods are also provided by the system that receive, store and retrieve reviews.
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1. A computer controlled method comprising:
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verifying that a subject-owner is authorized to dominate a plurality of reviews of a reviewed subject;
accepting and storing input from said subject-owner related to one or more functions to be applied to a review-provider server; and
controlling enablement of said one or more functions responsive to input. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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a database for storing a plurality of reviews of a reviewed subject, wherein said plurality of reviews may be dominated by a subject-owner;
a user interface which accepts input from said subject-owner related to one or more functions to be applied to said plurality of reviews in said database; and
a processor that verifies said subject-owner is authorized to dominate said plurality of reviews, controls enablement of said one or more functions responsive to accepting input, and stores said input. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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means for verifying that a subject-owner is authorized to dominate a plurality of reviews of a reviewed subject;
means for accepting input from said subject-owner related to one or more functions to be applied to a review-provider server;
means for controlling enablement of said one or more functions responsive to input; and
means for storing said input. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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