User-generated Review System

• US 20090216577A1
• Filed: 02/22/2008
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Todd F. Killebrew
• Original Assignee: Todd F. Killebrew
• Inventors: Killebrew, Todd F.
• Application Number:
  US12/035,788
• Publication Number:
  US 20090216577A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0203 Market surveys; Market polls

Abstract

A system that combines user-generated reviews and user-generated video to create a review website covering an ever-changing list of topics. People located in different cities and colleges throughout the world create videos to both educate and entertain. This allows users to input their positive recommendations of different subjects into the system and offers users the ability to make decisions of what they buy, where they travel, where they go, what they do, and any possible decision that they could ask friends, co-workers, etc.

Claims

1. A review system, comprising:

collecting user-generated reviews on a Web site;

calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews; and

providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews.

2. The review system of claim 1, wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is created by a local individual selected by the Web site.

3. The review system of claim 2, wherein said calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews is determined by factoring the total number of reviews received and the number of users who tried and liked the particular listing.

4. The review system of claim 3, wherein said number of users who tried and liked the particular listing had not previously experience said particular listing.

5. The review system of claim 2, wherein said collecting user-generated reviews on a Web site is recording posts of individual comments.

6. The review system of claim 1, wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by an employee of the Web site.

7. The review system of claim 1, wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by someone paid by the Web site.

8. The review system of claim 1, wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by a reporter for the Web site.

15. The review system of claim 1, further comprising entering criteria based on individual preferences of the user, causing results to be generated.

16. The review system of claim 15, further comprising listing the results by most popular.

9. A review system, comprising:

making end users a producer;

making a Web site an editor; and

making an individual a reporter.

10. The review system of claim 9, wherein said making end users a producer is collecting user-generated reviews on the Web site.

11. The review system of claim 9, wherein said making the Web site an editor is calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews.

12. The review system of claim 9, wherein said making an individual a reporter is providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews.

13. The review system of claim 9, wherein said making end users a producer is collecting user-generated reviews on the Web site;

wherein said making the Web site an editor is calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews; and

wherein said making an individual a reporter is providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews.

14. A review system, comprising:

collecting user-generated reviews on a Web site;

calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews; and

providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is created by a local individual selected by the Web site;

making end users a producer;

making a Web site an editor;

making an individual a reporter;

wherein said calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews is determined by factoring the total number of reviews received and the number of users who tried and liked the particular listing;

wherein said number of users who tried and liked the particular listing had not previously experience said particular listing;

wherein said collecting user-generated reviews on a Web site is recording posts of individual comments;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by an employee of the Web site;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by someone paid by the Web site;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by a reporter for the Web site;

wherein said making end users a producer is collecting user-generated reviews on the Web site;

wherein said making the Web site an editor is calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews; and

wherein said making an individual a reporter is providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews.

17. A review system, comprising:

collecting user-generated reviews on a Web site;

calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews; and

providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is created by a local individual selected by the Web site;

making end users a producer;

making a Web site an editor;

making an individual a reporter;

wherein said calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews is determined by factoring the total number of reviews received and the number of users who tried and liked the particular listing;

wherein said number of users who tried and liked the particular listing had not previously experience said particular listing;

wherein said collecting user-generated reviews on a Web site is recording posts of individual comments;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by an employee of the Web site;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by someone paid by the Web site;

wherein said providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews is video produced by a reporter for the Web site;

wherein said making end users a producer is collecting user-generated reviews on the Web site;

wherein said making the Web site an editor is calculating the most popular of the user-generated reviews;

wherein said making an individual a reporter is providing a video segment, produced by the Web site, for the best of the user-generated reviews;

entering criteria based on individual preferences of the user, causing results to be generated; and

listing the results by most popular.

18. The review method of claim 17, further comprising displaying the user-generated reviews for listings that are average or positively ranked.