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US 2006/0143066 A1Published application
Vendor-driven, social-network enabled review syndication system
OwnerHermann Calabriainventor
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Abstract
The embodiments of the present system include a review engine that is connected to support modules and databases that receive, store and retrieve reviews, based upon the subject and the users' relationship to the authors of the reviews. The review engine comprises a social network engine, a rate and rank engine, a credentials engine and a privacy engine. These engines allow reviews to be sorted, filtered and ordered in terms of relevance when presented to the user. Numerous methods are also provided by the system that receive, store and retrieve reviews.
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A method, comprising:
- visiting a third-party website;
- automatically requesting reviews on a subject;
- retrieving reviews pertaining to the subject;
- and
- providing the reviews to a user visiting the third-party website.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a user browser;
- a third-party website;
- and
- a review provider engine that includes a database that contains user information, user author information, and reviews, wherein the review provider engine automatically provides reviews to the user browser selected from the database.
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A method of retrieving reviews comprising:
- entering a user identity into the system;
- entering a subject into the system;
- and
- providing reviews pertaining to the subject based on the user identity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.