Web site with automatic rating system
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1. A web site rating system comprising:
- a host site and a reader site connected to one another via a computer based distributed network, said host site comprising;
a transmitting element for electronically transmitting at least one article from said host site to said reader site;
a receiving element for receiving rating information from said reader site at which a reader has evaluated and rated said article;
a data storage element for storing said rating information;
a processing element for processing said rating information in response to a request for a rating summary and generating an overall rating of each article based on the rating information received from those of the plurality of readers who have read an article and have provided rating information thereon; and
a payment generator for generating an amount to be paid for the article, the amount being based on a preselected base fee multiplied by a special rating parameter.
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Abstract
In an Internet or similar distributed computer network-based information distribution system, a site host includes a totaling element for totaling ratings for articles and advertisements associated with a particular web page. The ratings are generated by each reader after the reader has read the article or advertisement. The ratings are totaled and used to generate a cumulative rating parameter representative of the popularity of the article. Additionally a predetermined relationship is used to derive from said rating parameters to generate a payment amount to be paid to the author of the article.
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14 Claims
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1. A web site rating system comprising:
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a host site and a reader site connected to one another via a computer based distributed network, said host site comprising;
a transmitting element for electronically transmitting at least one article from said host site to said reader site;
a receiving element for receiving rating information from said reader site at which a reader has evaluated and rated said article;
a data storage element for storing said rating information;
a processing element for processing said rating information in response to a request for a rating summary and generating an overall rating of each article based on the rating information received from those of the plurality of readers who have read an article and have provided rating information thereon; and
a payment generator for generating an amount to be paid for the article, the amount being based on a preselected base fee multiplied by a special rating parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
wherein said overall rating of each article is calculated by calculating the total number of readers who submitted ratings for each article, calculating the number of readers who submitted ratings in each rating category for each article, calculating the percentage of readers who submitted a rating for each rating category for each article, and choosing the rating category for which the greatest percentage of readers submitted ratings. -
4. The system of claim 1, wherein said rating information comprises a rating chosen by the reader from a plurality of rating categories (E, G, F, NV), and
wherein said special rating parameter (R) is calculated using the following algorithm:
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5. A method of generating an amount to be paid for an article stored on a host site of a distributed network based multiple computer information distribution system, said method comprising:
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transmitting said article to a plurality of readers at a reader site;
receiving from said readers ratings associated with said article;
storing said ratings in a data storage element;
processing said ratings in response to a request for a rating summary;
generating an overall rating for said article for which ratings have been received;
transmitting said overall rating to a requester together with the number of readers that provided ratings; and
generating the amount to be paid for the article, the amount being based on a preselected base fee multiplied by a special rating parameter. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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6. A method of generating an amount to be paid for an article stored on a host site of a distributed network based multiple computer information distribution system, said method comprising:
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transmitting the article from the host site to a reader site;
receiving rating information from the reader site at which a reader has evaluated and rated the article;
storing the rating information; and
generating an amount to be paid for the article, the amount being based on the rating information.
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13. A method of generating an overall rating of an advertisement on a host site of a distributed network based multiple computer information distribution system, said method comprising:
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transmitting said advertisement to a plurality of readers at a reader site;
receiving from said readers ratings associated with said advertisement together with the reader'"'"'s classification in a particular field;
storing said ratings in a data storage element;
processing said ratings in response to a request for a rating summary;
generating an overall rating for said advertisement for which ratings have been received;
transmitting said overall rating to a requester; and
the requester using said overall rating to determine the effectiveness of said advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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