Business ratings determined from non-rating information
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1. A process comprising:
- a computer system processing data that represents people'"'"'s activities or notes that are unrelated to rating of businesses to identify in the data entries that correspond to businesses;
the computer system determining respective scores for the entries corresponding to businesses;
determining a rating for each of the businesses from the scores of the entries that correspond to the business; and
using the ratings as an indication of the people'"'"'s opinion of the businesses.
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Abstract
Address books, activity logs, or similar data that are normally prepared by people for purposes other than rating businesses can be parsed and processed to rate businesses without requiring users to complete reviews. As a result, a large amount of rating data is available and may provide business ratings and rankings that are more complete and statistically accurate. A local search site can provide users with lists of businesses with rankings or ratings based on community preferences as reflected in user data and activity logs.
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1. A process comprising:
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a computer system processing data that represents people'"'"'s activities or notes that are unrelated to rating of businesses to identify in the data entries that correspond to businesses; the computer system determining respective scores for the entries corresponding to businesses; determining a rating for each of the businesses from the scores of the entries that correspond to the business; and using the ratings as an indication of the people'"'"'s opinion of the businesses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A process executed on a computing system, comprising:
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operating a computer system to process a plurality of address books and identify which entries in the address books correspond to businesses; and for each of the entries corresponding to businesses, updating a rating of a business that corresponds to the entry, wherein the ratings are used to indicate a community'"'"'s opinion of the businesses. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A process comprising:
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a computer system scanning data containing entries that are unrelated to rating of businesses; the computer system identifying in the data entries that corresponds to businesses; and
in response to each of the entries identified;determining a score for the entry; and using the score to update a rating for the business to which the entry corresponds, wherein the ratings are used to indicate a community'"'"'s opinion of the businesses. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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