Process for distributed production and peer-to-peer consolidation of subjective ratings across Ad-Hoc networks
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1. A device for collecting ratings on a plurality of subjects, said device comprising:
- a processor;
a memory connected to said processor;
an input device connected to said processor;
an output device connected to said processor; and
a short-range transceiver connected to said processor, wherein said processor, said memory, said input device, said output device, and said transceiver are contained within a case configured for portability;
said processor being configured for;
receiving, from said input device, a first set of ratings for ones of a plurality of subjects,storing a policy specifying whether rating information is to be accepted through said short-range transceiver,responsive to said policy being met, receiving, through said short-range transceiver, a second set of ratings for ones of said plurality of subjects,updating ones of said first set of ratings by merging with corresponding ones of said second set of ratings wherein said processor is further configured for updating ones of said first set of ratings by calculating, for each of said ones of said first set of ratings updated, a new weighted rating based on an existing weighted rating from said first set of ratings, an existed weighted rating from said second set of ratings, and a similarity factor between said first set of ratings and said second set of ratings, anddisplaying said updated ones of said first set of ratings.
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Abstract
A rating program on a mobile computing device communicates with other mobile devices regarding collected ratings. A user enters ratings and requests for information; the mobile computing device will then operate in the background, actively scanning for other users with the same type of short-range communications and a ratings program. The devices are able to exchange and save ratings, providing a mobile, socially-relevant means of collecting information.
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1. A device for collecting ratings on a plurality of subjects, said device comprising:
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a processor; a memory connected to said processor; an input device connected to said processor; an output device connected to said processor; and a short-range transceiver connected to said processor, wherein said processor, said memory, said input device, said output device, and said transceiver are contained within a case configured for portability;
said processor being configured for;receiving, from said input device, a first set of ratings for ones of a plurality of subjects, storing a policy specifying whether rating information is to be accepted through said short-range transceiver, responsive to said policy being met, receiving, through said short-range transceiver, a second set of ratings for ones of said plurality of subjects, updating ones of said first set of ratings by merging with corresponding ones of said second set of ratings wherein said processor is further configured for updating ones of said first set of ratings by calculating, for each of said ones of said first set of ratings updated, a new weighted rating based on an existing weighted rating from said first set of ratings, an existed weighted rating from said second set of ratings, and a similarity factor between said first set of ratings and said second set of ratings, and displaying said updated ones of said first set of ratings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer program product stored on a computer readable recordable-type media, said computer program product comprising:
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first instructions for storing, on a portable computing device, a first set of ratings for ones of a plurality of subjects and a first set of indications of interest regarding additional ones of said plurality of subjects; second instructions for recognizing, through a short-range transmission/reception device, a user having a second set of ratings for ones of said plurality of subjects; third instructions for storing on the portable computing device a policy specifying whether rating information is to be accepted through said short-range transmission/reception device; fourth instructions, responsive to said policy being met, for receiving, through said short-range transmission/reception device, ones of said second set of ratings; fifth instructions for updating ones of said first set of ratings and ones of said first set of indications of interest by merging with corresponding ones of said second set of ratings wherein the updating is further configured for updating ones of said first set of ratings by calculating, for each of said ones of said first set of ratings updated, a new weighted rating based on an existing weighted rating from said first set of ratings, an existed weighted rating from said second set of ratings, and a similarity factor between said first set of ratings and said second set of ratings; and sixth instructions for displaying said updated ones of said first set of ratings. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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