Authentication of a Contributor of Online Content
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1. A computer implemented online-content management method, comprising:
- receiving, at a computer server system and from a plurality of authors for publication, online content that includes content items and reviews of content items;
for particular ones of the content items, determining a reputation score for an author of the online content item, wherein the reputation score is based at least in part on reviews of the online content item that have been provided by one or more authors other than the author; and
determining a ranking for the author based at least in part on the reputation score for the author and reputation scores of one or more authors who provided the reviews, wherein the ranking is weighted according to a status level of the one or more authors who provided the reviews.
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Abstract
Methods, computer program products and systems are described for online-content management. Online content from multiple contributors is received at one or more first computers for public online display. An authentication score is determined for a contributor of the multiple contributors. The contributor'"'"'s name and a representation of the contributor'"'"'s authentication score is published online for display on one or more second computers in association with the online content received from the contributor.
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1. A computer implemented online-content management method, comprising:
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receiving, at a computer server system and from a plurality of authors for publication, online content that includes content items and reviews of content items; for particular ones of the content items, determining a reputation score for an author of the online content item, wherein the reputation score is based at least in part on reviews of the online content item that have been provided by one or more authors other than the author; and determining a ranking for the author based at least in part on the reputation score for the author and reputation scores of one or more authors who provided the reviews, wherein the ranking is weighted according to a status level of the one or more authors who provided the reviews. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8)
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6. The method of 1, wherein the ranking of the author is further based on whether the author is cited by one or more other authors with a high status level.
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7. The method of 1, wherein the ranking of the author is further based on whether the author has received a positive review from one or more authors who have a high status level.
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9. A computer-readable storage medium having instructions encoded thereon, which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, from a plurality of authors for online publication, online content that includes content items and reviews of content items; for particular ones of the online content items, determining a reputation score for an author of the online content item, wherein the reputation score is based at least in part on reviews of the online content item that have been provided by one or more authors other than the author; and determining a ranking for the author based at least in part on the reputation score for the author and reputation scores of one or more authors who provided the reviews, wherein the ranking is weighted according to a status level of the one or more authors who provided the reviews. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 14, 15)
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12. The computer-readable storage medium of 9, wherein the ranking of the author is further based on whether the author has been cited by one or more authors who are determined to have a high status level.
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13. The computer-readable storage medium of 9, wherein the ranking of the author is further based on whether the author has received a positive review from one or more authors who are determined to have a high status level.
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16. A system comprising:
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one or more processors; a storage device coupled to the processors and configurable for storing instructions, which, when executed by the processors cause the processors to perform operations comprising; receiving, at a computer server system and from a plurality of authors for publication, online content that includes content items and reviews of content items; for particular ones of the content items, determining a reputation score for an author of the online content item, wherein the reputation score is based at least in part on reviews of the online content item that have been provided by one or more authors other than the author; and determining a ranking for the author based at least in part on the reputation score for the author and reputation scores of one or more authors who provided the reviews, wherein the ranking is weighted according to a status level of the one or more authors who provided the reviews. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 20)
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19. The system of claim 1615, wherein the ranking for the author is reduced if the author is determined to have included plagiarized content within the online content item.
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