SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RATING ITEMS WITHIN THE ARTS
First Claim
1. In a system where information in the field of literature, cinema, plays, art, music or television is stored in at least one database on at least one computer system, a method for rating items in the field of literature, plays, art, cinema, music or television comprising the steps of:
- providing a database of experts in the area of literature, cinema, plays, music, art or television;
providing one or more categories associated with at least one of the fields;
providing one or more facets associated with at least one of the categories;
receiving within the database a rating of at least one facet for each item in at least one category in at least one field by an expert associated therewith; and
placing the ratings of the items in the database over the internet responsive to the computer system for view by others.
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Abstract
A system and method provides for judging the fine arts in a graded fashion. Information is stored in one or more fields including literature, cinema, plays, art, music and television in at least one database on at least one computer system. A database of experts is maintained in the computer system in one or more areas including literature, cinema, plays, music, art or mental health. A set of one or more categories within each of the fields is created and stored in the database. A set of one or more facets associated with each of the categories is created. The facets for each item of the categories in the fields stored in the database are rated by an expert associated therewith and stored within the at least one database. The ratings of the items are transmitted over the Internet for view by others for determining the merit or negative attributes of a given item.
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22 Claims
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1. In a system where information in the field of literature, cinema, plays, art, music or television is stored in at least one database on at least one computer system, a method for rating items in the field of literature, plays, art, cinema, music or television comprising the steps of:
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providing a database of experts in the area of literature, cinema, plays, music, art or television; providing one or more categories associated with at least one of the fields; providing one or more facets associated with at least one of the categories; receiving within the database a rating of at least one facet for each item in at least one category in at least one field by an expert associated therewith; and placing the ratings of the items in the database over the internet responsive to the computer system for view by others. - 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 rating items in one or more fields selected from the group consisting of literature, art, cinema, music and television as having merit or negative attributes, said method comprising the steps of:
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storing information in one or more fields selected from the group consisting of literature, cinema, plays, art, music and television in at least one database on at least one computer system; providing a database of experts in one or more areas selected from the group consisting of literature, cinema, plays, music, art or television; providing one or more categories associated with at least one of the fields stored in the database; providing one or more facets associated with at least one of the categories; associating an expert with each of the items; receiving within the database a rating of at least one facet for each item in at least one category in at least one field stored in the database by an expert associated therewith; and placing the ratings of the items in the database over the internet responsive to the computer system for view by others. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A system for rating items in one or more fields selected from the group consisting of literature, art, cinema, music or television as having merit or negative attributes, said system comprising:
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at least one database on at least one computer system where information in the fields of literature, cinema, plays, art, music or television is stored; a database of experts in one or more areas selected from the group consisting of literature, cinema, plays, music, art or mental health; one or more categories in the at least one database associated with each of the fields; one or more facets in the at least one database associated with each of the categories, wherein the facets for each item in the categories in the fields are rated by an expert associated therewith, the ratings stored within the at least one database; and a computer for placing the ratings of the items for view over the internet by others. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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