Rating based on relationship
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1. A method of providing a rating comprising:
- using a processor to perform acts comprising;
receiving, from a person, an indication of a rating target;
identifying a first set of one or more raters that stand in a relationship to said person and that have rated said rating target; and
communicating, to said person, information based on (a) one or more ratings of said rating target that have been provided by said first set of one or more raters, and (b) a differentiation of said first set of one or more raters from a second set of raters that do not stand in said relationship to said person, said information comprising a number that is based on said one or more ratings and said person'"'"'s relationships to raters in said first set, social distance being defined by connections in overlapping social networks defined by said person, said first set of one or more raters, and said second set of one or more raters, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of n or less having an influence on said number, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of more than n having zero influence on said number.
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People often trust ratings provided by those with whom they have an existing relationship more than they would trust ratings provided by strangers. A system that provides ratings can combine the ratings with information about a person'"'"'s social network, in order to provide information that a person seeking the rating may find more reliable. The information provided to a person may, in some manner, differentiate between ratings that were provided by members of the person'"'"'s social network and ratings that were provided by those outside of the persons'"'"' social network.
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1. A method of providing a rating comprising:
using a processor to perform acts comprising; receiving, from a person, an indication of a rating target; identifying a first set of one or more raters that stand in a relationship to said person and that have rated said rating target; and communicating, to said person, information based on (a) one or more ratings of said rating target that have been provided by said first set of one or more raters, and (b) a differentiation of said first set of one or more raters from a second set of raters that do not stand in said relationship to said person, said information comprising a number that is based on said one or more ratings and said person'"'"'s relationships to raters in said first set, social distance being defined by connections in overlapping social networks defined by said person, said first set of one or more raters, and said second set of one or more raters, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of n or less having an influence on said number, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of more than n having zero influence on said number. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable memory that stores executable instructions for providing a rating, the executable instructions, when executed by a computer, causing the computer to perform acts comprising:
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receiving, from a person, an indication of a rating target; identifying a first set of one or more raters that stand in a relationship to said person and that have rated said rating target; and communicating, to said person, information based on (a) one or more ratings of said rating target that have been provided by said first set of one or more raters, and (b) a differentiation of said first set of one or more raters from a second set of raters that do not stand in said relationship to said person, said information comprising a number that is based on said one or more ratings and said person'"'"'s relationships to raters in said first set, social distance being defined by connections in overlapping social networks defined by said person, said first set of one or more raters, and said second set of one or more raters, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of n or less having an influence on said number, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of more than n having zero influence on said number. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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15. A system for providing a rating, the system comprising:
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a memory; a processor; and a component that is stored in said memory, that executes on said processor, that receives, from a person, an indication of a rating target, that identifies a first set of one or more raters that stand in a relationship to said person and that have rated said rating target, and that communicates, to said person, information based on (a) one or more ratings of said rating target that have been provided by said first set of one or more raters, and (b) a differentiation of said first set of one or more raters from a second set of raters that do not stand in said relationship to said person, said information comprising a number that is based on said one or more ratings and said person'"'"'s relationships to raters in said first set, social distance being defined by connections in overlapping social networks defined by said person, said first set of one or more raters, and said second set of one or more raters, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of n or less having an influence on said number, ratings provided by raters having a social distance to said person of more than n having zero influence on said number. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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