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Quality filter for the internet

  • US 20090070331A1
  • Filed: 09/07/2007
  • Published: 03/12/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for rating items, comprising:

  • selecting a critical notion of quality indicative of a quality of an item;

    selecting a criterion of quality which determines a quality of an item, each item associated with a quality;

    ranking a set of items by each item'"'"'s associated quality;

    selecting a standard sample set from the ranked set of items, the standard sample set representing a range of quality;

    determining a standard quality profile from the standard sample set and the rankings associated with each item;

    selecting at least one proxy for the criterion of quality;

    ranking the standard sample set by the proxy and determining a proxy quality profile for the proxy;

    comparing a proxy quality profile with the standard quality profile;

    selecting the proxy as a quality filter if the proxy quality profile matches the standard quality profile; and

    applying the quality filter to unranked items and ranking the unranked items.

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