System and method of creating and rating items for social interactions

US8489621B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Robert W. Bond · Powder Springs, US
• Stephen E. Jaffe · Canton, US
• Keith P. Loring · Colchester, US
• Douglas J. McCulloch · Marietta, US
• Patrick J. Richards, Jr. · Marietta, US
• Matthew B. Trevathan · Kennesaw, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2013
• Expiry date: Mar 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/02
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for providing items to users and, more particularly, a system and method for rating items and placing such items into a queued list. The method includes providing an item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and placing the item into a queued list with respect to other items based on a rating. The system includes a computer infrastructure being operable to provide a rated item from a web browser to a recipient on a preferred list and place the rated item in a queued list with respect to other items.