System and Method for Collecting and Distributing Reviews and Ratings
First Claim
1. A system for providing ratings related to a plurality of websites, comprising:
- a first program code comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to execute as a browser toolbar in a browser on an end user computing device and executable to implement a method comprising;
retrieving an identifier (ID) from the end user computing device;
transmitting a request to a remote computer system for a rating value in response to a web page being loaded into the browser executing on the end user computing device;
wherein the request includes the ID and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the web page loaded in the browser executing on the end user computing device;
receiving a rating value from the remote computer system;
displaying the rating value in the toolbar;
receiving a first user rating from the remote computer system;
displaying the first user rating in the toolbar;
receiving a user input comprising a second user rating from the end user;
transmitting the second user rating to the remote computer system; and
displaying the second user rating in the toolbar.
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Abstract
A system and method for providing ratings related to a plurality of websites is provided. One embodiment of the system may include program code adapted to execute as a browser toolbar to implement a method comprising retrieving an identifier from the end user computing device, transmitting a request to a remote computer system for a rating value in response to a web page being loaded into the browser, receiving a rating value from the remote computer system, displaying the rating value in the toolbar, receiving a first user rating of the user from the remote computer system, displaying the first user rating in the toolbar, receiving a user input comprising a second user rating from the end user, transmitting the second user rating to the remote computer system, and displaying the second user rating in the toolbar. The remote computer system may store user ratings and reviews and transmit user ratings, an average rating, and a review count. The remote computer system may also parse URLs to determine whether the domain of the URL comprises a domain for which content may be rated. By parsing out an identifier of the URL for such domains, the system can be used to rate profiles of people on social networks and dating websites.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for providing ratings related to a plurality of websites, comprising:
a first program code comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to execute as a browser toolbar in a browser on an end user computing device and executable to implement a method comprising; retrieving an identifier (ID) from the end user computing device; transmitting a request to a remote computer system for a rating value in response to a web page being loaded into the browser executing on the end user computing device; wherein the request includes the ID and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the web page loaded in the browser executing on the end user computing device; receiving a rating value from the remote computer system; displaying the rating value in the toolbar; receiving a first user rating from the remote computer system; displaying the first user rating in the toolbar; receiving a user input comprising a second user rating from the end user; transmitting the second user rating to the remote computer system; and displaying the second user rating in the toolbar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of distributing meta data related to websites to an end user, comprising:
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with an end user computing device, transmitting to a remote computer system a first URL of a first webpage received from a first web server and loaded into a browser executing on the end user computing device; with the remote computer system; receiving the first URL; parsing the first URL to determine a first domain of the URL; retrieving from memory a first rating value associated with the first domain; and transmitting first rating value to the end user computing device; and with the end user computing device; receiving the first rating value; and displaying the first rating value concurrently with the first web page. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to implement a method for providing ratings related to a location of a mobile computing device having a GPS receiver, said method comprising:
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a. obtaining first location information of the mobile computing device at a first location; b. determining a first address associated with the first location information; c. determining a first business name associated with the first address; d. transmitting a request to a remote computer system for a rating value of the first business name; wherein the request includes the business name and an identifier associated with a user; e. receiving a rating value for the first business name from the remote computer system; receiving a first user rating at a second location; obtaining second location information of the mobile computing device at the second location; determining a second address associated with the second location information; determining a second business name associated with the second address; and transmitting the first user rating, the second address, and the second business name to the remote computer system. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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