Method and Apparatus for creating and aggregating rankings of people, companies and products based on social network acquaintances and authoristies' opinions
First Claim
1. A system for calculating and presenting opinions about people or products and comprising of:
- computer server;
database with registered users;
users'"'"' graded relationships with other users;
separately recognized public and private opinions about objects;
information about the user'"'"'s verified identity;
methods of grading the user'"'"'s opinions depending on verified identity;
methods of grading levels of trust and confidence in other system users;
methods of establishing unilateral relations within the social network;
methods of grading the user'"'"'s opinions depending on the relationship between the user checking the opinion and the one submitting it;
methods of aggregating and normalizing all opinions to one value;
methods of graduating opinions about the user or product which recognize current demands of the user checking the opinion;
methods of automatic ascribing n users with highest ranks to biddings/tenders organized by other users.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for collecting and graduating opinions about people and products, aggregating and normalizing all opinions about a given object to one value, for searching and automatic matching potential business partners. The system consists of: social network in which users define their relationship types; reference system which graduates users'"'"' opinions basing on relationship types within the social network; innovative unilateral relationships within the social network for using experts'"'"' opinions, in which the experts'"'"' approval is not required but connection may be realized at a certain fee; application which aggregates and normalizes all information about the user or product to one value, whereas the value itself also depends on who it is presented to; application for organizing biddings, in which the system automatically presents bidding offers to users with highest opinions value and allows the both contracting parties to evaluate each other'"'"'s work by submitting their public opinions.
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1. A system for calculating and presenting opinions about people or products and comprising of:
- computer server;
database with registered users;
users'"'"' graded relationships with other users;
separately recognized public and private opinions about objects;
information about the user'"'"'s verified identity;
methods of grading the user'"'"'s opinions depending on verified identity;
methods of grading levels of trust and confidence in other system users;
methods of establishing unilateral relations within the social network;
methods of grading the user'"'"'s opinions depending on the relationship between the user checking the opinion and the one submitting it;
methods of aggregating and normalizing all opinions to one value;
methods of graduating opinions about the user or product which recognize current demands of the user checking the opinion;
methods of automatic ascribing n users with highest ranks to biddings/tenders organized by other users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- computer server;
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