Method and system for assigning customer influence ranking scores to internet users

A system for assigning ranking scores to Internet users, the system comprising:

• a social network server for providing a social networking site for use by Internet users, wherein the social networking site enables each user to become associated with one or more other users as friends;
• a media content server for providing a media content site for use by the users, wherein the media content site enables each user to publish content for the other users to view, wherein the media content site enables each user to rate the content published by other users;
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• a score provider server in communication with the social network server to enable a score provider to obtain a first set of data indicative of the friends of each user, wherein the score provider assigns a social network popularity rating to each user based on the amount of friends of the user;
• wherein the score provider server is in communication with the media content server to enable the score provider to obtain a second set of data indicative of the ratings assigned to the published content of the users, wherein the score provider assigns a media content popularity rating to each user based on the ratings of the content published by the user;
• wherein the score provider assigns a ranking score to each user based on the social network popularity rating and the media content popularity rating of the user and provides the ranking score of the users to a third party.

A system for assigning ranking scores to Internet users, the system comprising:

• a social network server for providing a social networking site for use by Internet users, wherein the social networking site enables each user of the social networking site to become associated with one or more other users of the social networking site as friends;
• a media content server for providing a media content site for use by Internet users, wherein the media content site enables each user of the media content site to publish content for the other users of the media content site to view, wherein the media content site enables each user of the media content site to rate the content published by other users of the media content site;
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• a score provider server in communication with the social network server to enable a score provider to obtain a first set of data indicative of the friends of each user of the social networking site, wherein the score provider assigns a social network popularity rating to each user based on the amount of friends of the user;
• wherein the score provider server is in communication with the media content server to enable the score provider to obtain a second set of data indicative of the ratings assigned to the published content of the users of the media content site, wherein the score provider assigns a media content popularity rating to each user of the media content site based on the ratings of the content published by the user;
• wherein the score provider assigns a ranking score for each user who is a user of the social network site and the media content site based on the social network popularity rating and the media content popularity rating of the user and provides the ranking score of a user to a third party.