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System and method of creating and rating items for social interactions

  • US 9,232,018 B2
  • Filed: 07/08/2013
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving at least one rated item of interest from a user; and

    placing the at least one rated item of interest into a queued list with respect to existing items already in the queued list,wherein the placing of the at least one rated item of interest into the queued list comprises;

    comparing the at least one rated item of interest to the existing items already in the queued list;

    determining one of;

    the at least one rated item of interest is the same as any of the existing items, and the at least one rated item of interest is different from the existing items;

    when the at least one rated item of interest is determined as the same as any of the existing items, resorting the queued list to reflect that the at least one rated item of interest has been received at least one additional time; and

    when the at least one rated item of interest is determined as different from the existing items, resorting the queued list to include the at least one rated item based on a rating of the at least one rated item; and

    wherein at least the step of the placing of the at least one rated item of interest into the queued list is performed using a processor of a computing device,wherein the at least one additional time is a number of times that the at least one rated item was sent to at least one recipient,wherein when the at least one rated item of interest is determined as the same as any of the existing items, resorting the queued list to reflect a combination of factors and that the at least one rated item of interest has been received the at least one additional time.wherein when the at least one rated item of interest is determined as different from the existing items, resorting the queued list to include the at least one rated item based on the combination of factors and the rating of the at least one rated item, andwherein the combination factors include a weight assigned to the user.

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