Reputation report with score

• US 10,180,966 B1
• Filed: 03/13/2014
• Issued: 01/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Reputation.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Reputation.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Lang, Noah Benjamin, Saxe, James Andrew, Dignan, Thomas Gerardo, Null, Bradley William
• Primary Examiner(s): Ouellette, Jonathan P
• Application Number:
  US14/210,090
• Time in Patent Office: 1,769 Days
• Field of Search: 705 11-912
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0282 Rating or review of business operators or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

An online reputation assessment of an individual is performed. A reputation score is determined based on the performed online reputation assessment. The reputation score is provided as output. In some cases, the reputation score is provided to an entity that is not the individual, for example, based on the receipt of an authorization from the individual to disclose the score to the entity.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more processors configured to;

perform an automated preliminary coding of a document, wherein the automated preliminary coding of the document is based at least in part on at least one of an amount of time that the document has been available online and a domain from which the document was retrieved;

perform an assessment of an online reputation of an individual, wherein the assessment pertains to a particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation, and wherein the assessment is performed based at least in part on the automated preliminary coding of the document; and

based at least in part on the performed online reputation assessment, generate a reputation score pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation; and

provide the reputation score as output; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the one or more processors with instructions.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the reputation score based at least in part on a plurality of factors, wherein a first factor includes a number of times a search for the individual was performed during a time period.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the document is coded along a plurality of dimensions.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the reputation score based at least in part on a plurality of factors, wherein a first factor includes a percentage of coded documents that have been coded as being positive.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the reputation score based at least in part on a plurality of factors, wherein a first factor includes a percentage of coded documents that have been coded as being negative.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate the reputation score based on a plurality of factors, wherein a first factor includes a percentage of coded documents that have been coded as containing content editable by the individual.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are configured to generate a plurality of reputation scores pertaining to different aspects of the individual'"'"'s online reputation.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein, in response to receiving an authorization by the individual, the one or more processors are configured to make available a subset of the plurality of reputation scores to an entity that is different from the individual and not make available to the entity at least one reputation score in the plurality of reputation scores.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein a first reputation score included in the plurality comprises a financial reputation score.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein a first reputation score included in the plurality comprises a relationship reputation score.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein a first reputation score included in the plurality comprises a legal reputation score.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein generating the reputation scores includes weighting a first reputation score and a second reputation score differently.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the weighting is performed at least in part in response to a selection by user of a report type.

14. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive an authorization from the individual and to make the reputation score available to an entity other than the individual in response to receiving the authorization.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the reputation score is made available to an entity other than the individual for a period of time specified by the individual.

16. The system of claim 1 wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine the reputation score pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation at least in part by using a subset of coded documents pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation.

17. The system of claim 1 wherein performing the automated preliminary coding of the document comprises performing sentiment analysis.

18. A method, comprising:

performing an automated preliminary coding of a document, wherein the automated preliminary coding of the document is based at least in part on at least one of an amount of time that the document has been available online and a domain from which the document was retrieved;

performing, using one or more processors, an assessment of an online reputation of an individual, wherein the assessment pertains to a particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation, and wherein the assessment is performed based at least in part on the automated preliminary coding of the document;

based at least in part on the performed online reputation assessment, generating a reputation score pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation; and

providing the reputation score as output.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the document is coded along a plurality of dimensions.

20. The method of claim 18 further comprising generating a plurality of reputation scores pertaining to different aspects of the individual'"'"'s online reputation.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising receiving an authorization by the individual, and in response to receiving the authorization, making available a subset of the plurality of reputation scores to an entity that is different from the individual and not making available to the entity at last one reputation score in the plurality of reputation scores.

22. The method of claim 20 wherein a first reputation score included in the plurality comprises a financial reputation score.

23. The method of claim 20 wherein a first reputation score included in the plurality comprises a relationship reputation score.

24. The method of claim 20 wherein a first reputation score included in the plurality comprises a legal reputation score.

25. The method of claim 20 wherein generating the reputation scores includes weighting a first reputation score and a second reputation score differently.

26. The method of claim 25 wherein the weighting is performed at least in part in response to a selection by user of a report type.

27. The method of claim 18 wherein the reputation score is generated based at least in part on a plurality of factors, and wherein a first factor includes a number of times a search for the individual was performed during a time period.

28. The method of claim 18 wherein the reputation score is generated based at least in part on a plurality of factors, and wherein a first factor includes a percentage of coded documents that have been coded as being positive.

29. The method of claim 18 wherein the reputation score is generated based at least in part on a plurality of factors, and wherein a first factor includes a percentage of coded documents that have been coded as being negative.

30. The method of claim 18 wherein the reputation score is generated based on a plurality of factors, and wherein a first factor includes a percentage of coded documents that have been coded as containing content editable by the individual.

31. The method of claim 18 further comprising receiving an authorization from the individual and making the reputation score available to an entity other than the individual in response to receiving the authorization.

32. The method of claim 18 wherein the reputation score is made available to an entity other than the individual for a period of time specified by the individual.

33. The method of claim 18 wherein the reputation score pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation is determined at least in part by using a subset of coded documents pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation.

34. The method of claim 18 wherein performing the automated preliminary coding of the document comprises performing sentiment analysis.

35. A computer program product embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

performing an automated preliminary coding of a document, wherein the automated preliminary coding of the document is based at least in part on at least one of an amount of time that the document has been available online and a domain from which the document was retrieved;

performing, using one or more processors, an assessment of an online reputation of an individual, wherein the assessment pertains to a particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation, and wherein the assessment is performed based at least in part on the automated preliminary coding of the document;

based at least in part on the performed online reputation assessment, generating a reputation score pertaining to the particular aspect of the individual'"'"'s online reputation; and

providing the reputation score as output.