Querying of reputation scores in reputation systems
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1. A computer-implemented method for querying a reputation system to rank a set of items, comprising:
- obtaining a query comprising one or more dimensions and one or more weights associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the query further comprises one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the dimensions comprise skills and the items comprise users, wherein the quantiles specify skill levels desired for the users, and wherein the weights specify importance of the skills;
obtaining a ranking of the set of items in the reputation system based on a closeness of reputation scores for the items in the one or more dimensions to the one or more quantiles, and the one or more weights, wherein the closeness of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between 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 to rank a set of items, comprising:
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obtaining a query comprising one or more dimensions and one or more weights associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the query further comprises one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the dimensions comprise skills and the items comprise users, wherein the quantiles specify skill levels desired for the users, and wherein the weights specify importance of the skills; obtaining a ranking of the set of items in the reputation system based on a closeness of reputation scores for the items in the one or more dimensions to the one or more quantiles, and the one or more weights, wherein the closeness of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between 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, 8, 9)
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10. A reputation system, comprising:
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a ranking apparatus comprising at least a processor, configured to; obtain a set of reputation scores in one or more dimensions for a set of items in the reputation system, wherein the dimensions comprise skills and the items comprise users; and obtain a ranking of the set of items based on a closeness of the reputation scores to one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions, and one or more weights associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the closeness of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between the reputation scores and the one or more quantiles, and wherein the quantiles specify skill levels desired for the users, and wherein the weights specify importance of the skills; and a query-processing apparatus comprising at least a processor, configured to; obtain a query comprising the one or more dimensions and the one or more weights associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the query further comprises 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 (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. 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 to rank a set of items, the method comprising:
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obtaining a query specifying one or more dimensions and one or more weights associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the query further comprises one or more quantiles associated with the one or more dimensions, wherein the dimensions comprise skills and the items comprise users, wherein the quantiles specify skill levels desired for the users, and wherein the weights specify importance of the skills; obtaining a ranking of the set of the items based on a closeness of reputation scores for the items in the one or more dimensions to the one or more quantiles, and the one or more weights, wherein the closeness of the reputation scores to the one or more quantiles is based on a rectilinear distance between 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 (16, 17, 18, 19)
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