Collective Ranking of Digital Content
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for determining a new collaborative ranking for a set of digital content items in a digital content hosting website, the method comprising:
- storing the set of digital content items, each digital content item having a ranking in the set;
displaying the set of digital content items to a plurality of users;
receiving a plurality of ranking votes for the digital content items in the set from the plurality of users, the ranking votes ordering the digital content items with respect to each other;
determining a new ranking score for each digital content item based at least on a previous ranking score; and
updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set based on the new ranking score.
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Abstract
Methods and systems for collaboratively ranking a set of digital content items are disclosed. The invention utilizes users of a website who wish to participate in ranking a set of digital content items. In one embodiment, the method to determine a new collaborative ranking of a set of digital content items comprises receiving a plurality of ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, tallying the received user ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, calculate a ranking score by applying an algorithm comprising the number of user ranking votes to each digital content item and updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for determining a new collaborative ranking for a set of digital content items in a digital content hosting website, the method comprising:
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storing the set of digital content items, each digital content item having a ranking in the set; displaying the set of digital content items to a plurality of users; receiving a plurality of ranking votes for the digital content items in the set from the plurality of users, the ranking votes ordering the digital content items with respect to each other; determining a new ranking score for each digital content item based at least on a previous ranking score; and updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set based on the new ranking score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A user interface for a digital content hosting web site for displaying a set of digital content items to be collaboratively ranked, the user interface comprising:
a plurality of digital content rows, each digital content row comprising; a ranking cell displaying a relative ranking position of the digital content item associated with the row; a region adapted to display a digital content item; a title cell including information about the digital content item, the information comprising the digital content item'"'"'s title, a producer or a number of views the digital content item has received; a first button adapted to increase a ranking position of the digital content item; a second button adapted to decrease the ranking position of the digital content item; and an element adapted to display the numerical change of ranking positions for the digital content. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A digital content hosting website for determining a collaborative ranking of a set of digital content items, the digital content hosting website comprising:
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a digital content database for storing digital content; a user database for storing registered users of the digital content hosting website; a scoring module adapted to determine a ranking score for each digital content item in a set of digital content items based at least on a previous ranking score; and an authentication module adapted to determine valid registered users and valid ranking votes.
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17. A computer program product for determining a new collaborative ranking for a set of digital content items in a digital content hosting website, comprising a computer-readable medium containing computer program code for controlling a processor to perform a method comprising:
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storing the set of digital content items, each digital content item having a ranking in the set; displaying the set of digital content items to a plurality of users; receiving a plurality of ranking votes for the digital content items in the set from a plurality of users, the ranking votes ordering the digital content items with respect to each other; determining a new ranking score for each digital content item based at least on a previous ranking score; and updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set based on the new ranking score. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A computer program product for producing a user interface for a digital content hosting web site for displaying a set of digital content items to be collaboratively ranked, the user interface comprising:
a plurality of digital content rows, each digital content row comprising; a ranking cell displaying a relative ranking position of the digital content item associated with the row; a region adapted to display a digital content item; a title cell including information about the digital content item, the information comprising the digital content item'"'"'s title, a producer or a number of views the digital content item has received; a first button adapted to increase a ranking position of the digital content item; a second button adapted to decrease the ranking position of the digital content item; and an element adapted to display the numerical change of ranking positions for the digital content.
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