Collective ranking of digital content
US7840563B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 1, 2008 |
| Grant date | Nov 23, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9536
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for collaboratively ranking a set of digital content items are disclosed. The invention utilizes users of a website who wish to participate in ranking a set of digital content items. In one embodiment, the method to determine a new collaborative ranking of a set of digital content items comprises receiving a plurality of ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, tallying the received user ranking votes for each digital content item in the set, calculate a ranking score by applying an algorithm comprising the number of user ranking votes to each digital content item and updating the ranking for each digital content item in the set.
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