Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

John P Mullally, Iv

Daniel F Plastina

Michael John Novak

Andrew L Silverman

Joshuah Vincent

Andrew J Jaffray

Pradeep K Jha

Edward T Gausman

Transmit user feedback from a user to a web syndication author. A first communication link is opened. Content data from the web syndication author is received. The received content data is stored on a first client device. The opened first communication link is terminated after receiving the content data. User behavior data is collected as a function of user interactions with the received content data on the first client device after terminating the first communication link. User feedback including the collected user behavior data is transmitted to the web syndication author by opening a second communication link.

Content feedback for authors of web syndications

Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users. The user sends information about herself to the system. The system places the user in a community of users based upon the user information and provides media item ratings to members of the community based upon media item ratings by other community members.

Providing community-based media item ratings to users

Growing community of inventors

Seattle, WA, United States of America

John P Mullally, Iv