Methods and systems for distributing information within a dynamically defined community
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1. A method of evaluating a product review displayed in connection with a networked commerce site, comprising:
- providing, via a system comprising at least one physical computer, a product review authored by a first customer over a network to a plurality of other customers;
receiving, at the system, votes over the network from other customers indicating whether the product review was helpful, wherein the votes comprise votes indicating that the product review is helpful and votes indicating that the product review is not helpful;
tallying, by the system, the votes received for the product review, wherein the helpful votes are weighted differently than non-helpful votes;
providing via the system over the network an indication related to the vote tally for the product review in association with the product review;
tallying, by the system, votes received for a plurality of reviews authored by the first customer to provide a total tally, the total tally including votes received for the product review;
assigning, using the system, a designation to the first customer based on the total vote tally for the plurality of reviews authored by the first customer; and
providing over the network for display the designation in association with the product review.
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Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention distributes data via a network to remotely located individuals. Evaluation feedback by one or more of the individuals is transmitted to others so that the feedback may be used by others to quickly locate the more useful data. The evaluation feedback may be in the form of ratings of product reviews. The feedback helps customers by allowing the more useful reviews can be quickly located.
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1. A method of evaluating a product review displayed in connection with a networked commerce site, comprising:
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providing, via a system comprising at least one physical computer, a product review authored by a first customer over a network to a plurality of other customers; receiving, at the system, votes over the network from other customers indicating whether the product review was helpful, wherein the votes comprise votes indicating that the product review is helpful and votes indicating that the product review is not helpful; tallying, by the system, the votes received for the product review, wherein the helpful votes are weighted differently than non-helpful votes; providing via the system over the network an indication related to the vote tally for the product review in association with the product review; tallying, by the system, votes received for a plurality of reviews authored by the first customer to provide a total tally, the total tally including votes received for the product review; assigning, using the system, a designation to the first customer based on the total vote tally for the plurality of reviews authored by the first customer; and providing over the network for display the designation in association with the product review. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of evaluating a product review displayed in connection with a networked commerce site, comprising:
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providing, via a system comprising at least one physical computer, a product review authored by a first customer over a network to a plurality of other customers; receiving, at the system, votes over the network from other customers indicating whether the product review was helpful, wherein the votes comprise votes indicating that the product review is helpful and votes indicating that the product review is not helpful; tallying, by the system, the votes received for the product review; providing via the system over the network an indication related to the vote tally for the product review in association with the product review; tallying, by the system, votes received for a plurality of reviews authored by the first customer to provide a total tally, the total tally including votes received for the product review; assigning, using the system, a designation to the first customer based on the total vote tally for the plurality of reviews authored by the first customer; providing over the network for display the designation in association with the product review; and providing over the network for display a ranking in association with a plurality of the first customer'"'"'s reviews, wherein the ranking is based at least in part on the vote tally. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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