Querying of reputation scores in reputation systems
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1. A computer-implemented method for querying a reputation system, comprising:
- obtaining a query specifying one or more dimensions and one or more quantiles, wherein each of the specified one or more dimensions is associated with one of the specified one or more quantiles, and wherein the dimensions comprise skills;
obtaining a set of items in the reputation system with reputations scores in the one or more dimensions, wherein the items comprise users;
generating a ranking of the set of items based on a closeness of a subset of the reputation scores for each of the items to the one or more quantiles, wherein the closeness of the subset of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between the subset of the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles; and
providing the ranking of the set of items in a response to the query.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments provide a reputation system. The reputation system includes a ranking apparatus that obtains a set of reputation scores for one or more dimensions of a set of items in the reputation system and generates a ranking of the items based on the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles. The reputation system also includes a query-processing apparatus that obtains a query comprising the one or more dimensions and one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions and provides the ranking in a response to the query.
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1. A computer-implemented method for querying a reputation system, comprising:
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obtaining a query specifying one or more dimensions and one or more quantiles, wherein each of the specified one or more dimensions is associated with one of the specified one or more quantiles, and wherein the dimensions comprise skills; obtaining a set of items in the reputation system with reputations scores in the one or more dimensions, wherein the items comprise users; generating a ranking of the set of items based on a closeness of a subset of the reputation scores for each of the items to the one or more quantiles, wherein the closeness of the subset of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between the subset of the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles; and providing the ranking of the set of items in a response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A reputation system, comprising:
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a ranking apparatus comprising at least a processor, configured to; obtain a set of reputation scores for one or more dimensions of a set of items in the reputation system, wherein the dimensions comprise skills and the items comprise users; generate a ranking of the set of items based on a closeness of a subset of the reputation scores for each of the items to one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the closeness of the subset of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between the subset of the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles; and a query-processing apparatus comprising at least a processor, configured to; obtain the query specifying the one or more dimensions and the one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions; and provide the ranking of the set of items in a response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for querying a reputation system, the method comprising:
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obtaining a query specifying one or more dimensions and one or more quantiles, wherein each of the specified one or more dimensions is associated with one of the specified one or more quantiles, and wherein the dimensions comprise skills; obtaining a set of items in the reputation system with reputation scores in the one or more dimensions, wherein the items comprise users; generating a ranking of the set of the items based on a closeness of a subset of the reputation scores for each of the items to the one or more quantiles, wherein the closeness of the subset of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between the subset of the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles; and providing the ranking of the set of items in a response to the query. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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