Behavioral Trust Rating Filtering System
First Claim
1. A method for implementing a rating system for use by a plurality of raters comprising the steps of:
- accumulating the rating scores resulting from the plurality of raters rating a plurality of items;
establishing degrees of behavioral separation between each of the raters based on raters having given the same or similar rating score to the same item; and
producing a filtered rating score of a particular item wherein the degree of behavioral separation between the raters and a particular rater is used in conjunction with the rating scores for the particular item to obtain the filtered rating score relevant to the particular rater.
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Abstract
An improved rating system allows users to give anonymous ratings of any item such as devices, compositions and services including personal services (i.e., individuals). The system is based on degrees of behavioral similarity between raters. The highest degree of behavioral similarity is established between raters who have rated the same item identically or similarly. The system allows a user to view ratings or anonymous raters who have a high degree of behavioral similarity to the user. The system allows users to control the various ‘degrees’ or levels of behavioral linkage to gather meaningful data in a way that greatly extends the potential usefulness and applicability of the rating filtering system while preserving the anonymity of raters and their individual ratings.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for implementing a rating system for use by a plurality of raters comprising the steps of:
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accumulating the rating scores resulting from the plurality of raters rating a plurality of items; establishing degrees of behavioral separation between each of the raters based on raters having given the same or similar rating score to the same item; and producing a filtered rating score of a particular item wherein the degree of behavioral separation between the raters and a particular rater is used in conjunction with the rating scores for the particular item to obtain the filtered rating score relevant to the particular rater. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for implementing and using a rating system comprising the steps of:
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accumulating the rating scores resulting from a plurality of raters rating a plurality of items; allowing a first rater to rate at least two items from the plurality of items by providing rating scores for each item; establishing degrees of behavioral separation between each of the raters and the first rater based on raters having given a same or similar rating score to the same items rated by the first rater; producing filtered rating scores wherein the rating score of each item is filtered according to a behavioral trust separation filter based on the established degrees of behavioral separation, whereby the first rater selects one of the items based on the filtered scores. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for implementing a rating system for use by a plurality of raters comprising the steps of:
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accumulating the rating scores resulting from the plurality of raters rating a plurality of items; establishing degrees of behavioral separation between each of the raters based on raters having given a same or similar rating score to the same item; producing a filtered rating score of a particular item wherein rating scores are weighted according to the selections and according to the degree of behavioral separation between the particular rater and the other raters providing the rating scores; and protecting the anonymity of the raters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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