Providing community-based media item ratings to users
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1. A method for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users, said method comprising:
- presenting a user with a selection element for gathering demographic information related to the user for categorizing the user in a community of related users;
receiving a response to the selection element wherein the response includes at least one of information or a refusal, wherein the information comprises demographic information regarding the user from the user in response to the presented selection element, said demographic information including at least one of the following;
an age of the user, a gender of the user, a country of the user'"'"'s residence, a mailing code of the user, and a preferred language spoken by the user, and wherein the refusal includes receiving a user refusal to submit demographic information;
categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon said received user-related demographic information and based on demographic information of the community, wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon the received demographic information relating to the user, and wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users when receiving the user refusal to submit demographic information;
determining a rating for a plurality of media items in a library of media items associated with said user based upon a community rating of each of said media item by said community of related users, wherein the community rating comprises one of at least three different values;
overriding at least one of the determined ratings with a rating expressed by the user, such that the value of the overridden determined rating is replaced with the rating expressed by the user; and
visually presenting the determined rating to the user for each of the plurality of media items in the library of media items associated with said user, wherein the value of the determined rating of each of the plurality of media items is visually indicated to the user.
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Abstract
Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users. The user sends information about herself to the system. The system places the user in a community of users based upon the user information and provides media item ratings to members of the community based upon media item ratings by other community members.
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1. A method for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users, said method comprising:
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presenting a user with a selection element for gathering demographic information related to the user for categorizing the user in a community of related users; receiving a response to the selection element wherein the response includes at least one of information or a refusal, wherein the information comprises demographic information regarding the user from the user in response to the presented selection element, said demographic information including at least one of the following;
an age of the user, a gender of the user, a country of the user'"'"'s residence, a mailing code of the user, and a preferred language spoken by the user, and wherein the refusal includes receiving a user refusal to submit demographic information;categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon said received user-related demographic information and based on demographic information of the community, wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon the received demographic information relating to the user, and wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users when receiving the user refusal to submit demographic information; determining a rating for a plurality of media items in a library of media items associated with said user based upon a community rating of each of said media item by said community of related users, wherein the community rating comprises one of at least three different values; overriding at least one of the determined ratings with a rating expressed by the user, such that the value of the overridden determined rating is replaced with the rating expressed by the user; and visually presenting the determined rating to the user for each of the plurality of media items in the library of media items associated with said user, wherein the value of the determined rating of each of the plurality of media items is visually indicated to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users, said computer-executable instructions for performing steps comprising:
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presenting instructions for presenting a user with a selection element for gathering demographic information regarding the user for categorizing the user in a community of related users; receiving instructions for receiving a response to the selection element wherein the response includes at least one of information or a refusal, wherein the information comprises demographic information regarding the user from the user in response to the presented selection element, said demographic information including at least one of the following;
an age of the user, a gender of the user, a country of the user'"'"'s residence, a mailing code of the user, and a preferred language spoken by the user, and wherein the refusal includes receiving a user refusal to submit demographic information;categorizing instructions for categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon said received user-related demographic information and based on demographic information of the community, wherein categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon the received demographic information relating to the user, and wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users when receiving the user refusal to submit demographic information; determining a rating for a plurality of media items in a library of media items associated with said user based upon a community rating of each of said media items by said community of related users, wherein the community rating comprises one of at least three different values; overriding at least one of the determined ratings with a rating expressed by the user, such that the value of the overridden determined rating is replaced with the rating expressed by the user; providing instructions for providing the determined rating to the user for each of a plurality of media items in a library of media items associated with said user, wherein the value of each rating of each of the plurality of media items is visually indicated to the user; and visually presenting a trend indicator associated with one of the determined ratings not overridden with a rating expressed by the user, said trend indicator indicating whether the value of said determined rating is increasing over a time interval, decreasing over said time interval, or maintaining its value over said time interval, wherein said trend indicator is visually indicated to the user together with the value of said determined rating.
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15. A system for providing multiple users with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users, said multiple users adapted for connection to said system via a network, said system comprising:
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a server adapted for connection to said network, said server adapted for receiving a response to a selection element wherein the response includes at least one of information or a refusal, wherein the information comprises demographic information from each respective user, wherein said demographic information from each respective user comprises demographic information regarding the user, said demographic information including the following;
an age of the user, a gender of the user, a country of the user'"'"'s residence, a mailing code of the user, and a preferred language spoken by the user, and wherein the refusal includes receiving a user refusal to submit demographic information; anda database adapted for connection to the server for storing said demographic information from each of the users, wherein said server is further configured to; categorize each user in a respective community of related users based upon said received user-related demographic information and based on demographic information of the community, wherein each user is categorized in a respective community of related users based upon the received demographic information relating to the user, and wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users when receiving the user refusal to submit demographic information; collect one or more user ratings of media items in a library of media items associated with each of the users from one or more of said users; tag the one or more collected user ratings with said received user-related demographic information received from the respective user rating the respective media item; store said collected one or more user ratings in said database; calculate a community rating for each rated media item based upon only those ratings collected from users belonging to said community, wherein the community rating comprises one of at least three different values; and visually present one or more of said calculated community ratings for the media items to one or more users sharing the community with the rating, wherein the value of each community rating of each of the plurality of media items is visually indicated to the one or more users of each community. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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