SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR AGGREGATING CONTENT ON A USER-CONTENT DRIVEN WEBSITE
First Claim
1. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause a computing device to perform a method for aggregating content, the method comprising:
- receiving aggregation criteria;
selecting one or more items from a plurality of items, wherein each of the plurality of items is associated with metadata that describes the item, wherein an item is selected if one or more metadata items associated with the item conforms to the aggregation criteria and a rating of the one or more conforming metadata items satisfies a metadata rating threshold;
aggregating the selected items; and
providing a user interface configured to display the aggregated items.
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Abstract
One or more items submitted by user-contributors of a website may be aggregated according to aggregation criteria. The aggregation criteria may specify a topic or type of item to be included in the aggregation. The aggregation criteria may be generated a priori by a user of the website and/or may be generated on-the-fly based on a search, inbound link, or the like. User contributed items may be associated with metadata and/or tags. The items and, importantly the metadata associated therewith, may be rated by users of the website. The item ratings, the metadata, and/or the metadata ratings may be used to aggregate relevant items, thereby increasing the probability that the aggregation closely matches the aggregation criteria. The aggregated items may be presented in a user interface to one or more users of the website.
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31 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions to cause a computing device to perform a method for aggregating content, the method comprising:
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receiving aggregation criteria; selecting one or more items from a plurality of items, wherein each of the plurality of items is associated with metadata that describes the item, wherein an item is selected if one or more metadata items associated with the item conforms to the aggregation criteria and a rating of the one or more conforming metadata items satisfies a metadata rating threshold; aggregating the selected items; and providing a user interface configured to display the aggregated items. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for aggregating user-submitted items, the method comprising:
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receiving ratings of a plurality of user-submitted items, wherein each item is associated with metadata to describe the item; receiving user-submitted ratings of the metadata associated with each of the plurality of items; receiving aggregation criteria; aggregating one or more of the user-submitted items from the plurality of user-submitted items, wherein a user-submitted item is aggregated if one or more metadata items associated with the item conforms to the aggregation criteria and ratings of one or more of the conforming metadata items satisfy a metadata rating threshold; and providing a user interface to display the aggregated items. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. An apparatus for aggregating user-submitted items, comprising:
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a computing device comprising a processor, a computer-readable storage medium comprising a plurality of user-submitted items, wherein each of the items is associated with user-submitted metadata to describe the item; a content management module communicatively coupled to the computer-readable storage medium and operable on the processor, wherein the content management module is to provide a user interface configured to display any selected one of the plurality of items, wherein the display includes one or more metadata items associated with the selected item, and wherein the display includes inputs configured to receive user-submitted ratings of the selected item and the one or more metadata items; and a communication module operable on the processor and communicatively coupled to the computer-readable storage medium to receive user-submitted ratings of the items and to receive user-submitted ratings of metadata associated with the items; wherein the content management module is configured to aggregate one or more of the user-submitted items based on aggregation criteria, wherein an item is aggregated if one or more metadata items associated with the item conforms to the aggregation criteria and the ratings of the one or more conforming metadata items satisfy a metadata rating threshold, and wherein the content management module is to provide for presenting the aggregated items in a user interface. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31)
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