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System for creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user opinions

  • US 7,664,747 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2006
  • Issued: 02/16/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method, relating to creating and maintaining information in a database of subjects, on a database server computer, available to a population of users, comprising the steps of:

  • a) describing a database subject using a plurality of natural-language terms, each of such plurality of natural-language terms having relevance to the subject according to an involved subset of such population of users;

    b) rating the degree of relevance of each of such plurality of natural-language terms to such database subject according to each of such involved subset of such population of users;

    c) associating, in such database, such respective natural-language terms and respective degrees of relevance with each such database subject;

    d) computing, for such involved subset of such population of users, in such database, an overall degree of relevance of each of such plurality of natural-language terms to such database subject; and

    e) presenting, to at least one user of such population of users, such computed overall degree of relevance of at least one natural-language term of such plurality of natural-language terms to such database subject.

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