Methods And Systems Using Client-Side Scripts For Review Requests

• US 20080021729A1
• Filed: 09/14/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chemtron Research LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Diamond Review Incorporated
• Inventors: Calabria, Hermann
• Granted Patent: US 7,881,975 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0204 Market segmentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0236 Incentive or reward received by requiring registration or ID from user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0255 based on user history
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0267 Wireless devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0269 based on user profile or attribute
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

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.

Claims

1. A method performed by a networked server, said method comprising:

receiving a content request from a first networked computer;

preparing content information responsive to said content request;

accessing a client-side script executable by said first networked computer to send a review request for a reviewed subject to a review-provider server, said reviewed subject related to said content information; and

sending said client-side script for execution to said first networked computer; and

sending said content information for presentation to a user of said first networked computer.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising computing a social distance at said review-provider server between said user of said first networked computer and a user-author of one of a plurality of reviews selected responsive to said review request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said networked server is provided by a subject-owner, an advertising server, or an information provider.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said content request is generated responsive to said user being co-present with a display associated with said first networked computer.

5. A networked server comprising:

an interface for receiving a content request from a first networked computer; and

a processor for preparing content information from a memory responsive to said content request;

accessing a client-side script executable by a first networked computer to send a review request for a reviewed subject to a review-provider server, said reviewed subject related to said content information;

sending said client-side script for execution to said first networked computer through said interface; and

sending said content information to said first network computer through said interface for presentation to a user.

6. A networked server as recited in claim 5, wherein said review-provider server selects one of a plurality of reviews responsive to said review request and computes a social distance between said user of said first networked computer and a user-author of one of said plurality of reviews.

7. A networked server as recited in claim 5, wherein said networked server is provided by a subject-owner, an advertising server, or an information provider.

8. A networked server as recited in claim 5, wherein said content request is generated responsive to said user being co-present with a display associated with said first networked computer.

9. An apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a content request from a first networked computer; and

means for preparing content information from a memory responsive to said content request;

means for accessing a client-side script executable by a first networked computer to send a review request for a reviewed subject to a review-provider server, said reviewed subject related to said content information;

means for sending said client-side script for execution to said first networked computer through said interface; and

means for sending said content information to said first network computer through said interface for presentation to a user.

10. An apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein said review-provider server further comprises means for selecting one of a plurality of reviews responsive to said review request and means for computing a social distance between said user of said first networked computer and a user-author of one of said plurality of reviews.

11. An apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein said apparatus is provided by a subject-owner, an advertising server, or an information provider.

12. An apparatus as recited in claim 9, wherein said content request is generated responsive to said user being co-present with a display associated with said first networked computer.