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Providing history and transaction volume information of a content source to users

  • US 7,657,520 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2005
  • Issued: 02/02/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/03/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a legitimacy rating of a content source associated with a document, comprising:

  • receiving a search query wherein the search query is associated with one of a criteria or a concept;

    retrieving a set of documents from a document provider responsive to the search query, each document associated with a content source;

    determining for each document a legitimacy rating of the associated content source wherein the legitimacy rating is based on at least one of transaction and history information associated with the content source; and

    providing the set of documents and the legitimacy rating of the content source associated with the documents.

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