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US 8,146,120 B2Granted
Multi-criteria rating and searching system
AssigneeJaman.com, Inc.
InventorsJoseph Emmett Frikker, James Richard Kellas, Nicolas Alexei Braem, Sean Ryan S H Ma, David Bao Le, James Herre
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to provide a multi-criteria rating and search system is described. Users can provide ratings along multiple axes, which can then be used for searching.
Claims20
A method, implemented by a server computing system programmed to perform the following method, comprising:
- providing, by the server computing system, a selection interface for a user to rate media content, the selection interface including a plurality of value pairs, each value pair including two opposite adjectives that could describe the media content;
- prompting a user to select a position between the opposite adjectives, the relative closeness between the position and the adjective indicating a rating of the media content;
- calculating an average rating for the media content, based on the relative closeness to each adjective in each value pair;
- and
- enabling a user to search for media content based on a plurality of adjectives from the value pairs.
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A method, implemented by a server computing system programmed to perform the following method, comprising:
- providing, by the server computing system, a plurality of selection tools to a user, the selection tools enabling a user to select a relative closeness between two opposite adjectives in a value pair, for a plurality of value pairs for evaluating media content to select a target rating;
- utilizing an average rating, based on a plurality of user ratings, of a media content to determine a closeness of match between the selection of the user and the average rating of a media content;
- and
- displaying a best match to a user.
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A system comprising:
- a memory;
- a processor coupled to the memory;
- a user rating interface executed from the memory by the processor to provide a selection interface to enable a user to rate media content along a range between a pair of opposite adjectives forming a value pair, the user rating interface including a plurality of value pairs;
- a rate calculation logic executed from the memory by the processor to calculate an average rating for the media content, based on the rating along the range between value pair;
- and
- a search tool executed from the memory by the processor to enable a user to search for media content based on a plurality of value pairs.
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