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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1999
Jonathan D. Pincus, San Francisco, CA (US);
William R. Softky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
David Jon Sielaff, Oakland, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method of automatically assigning a ranking value to a plurality of received messages is disclosed. Each of the received messages provides information about a computer program. The method includes receiving a first message, storing the first message in the database and initializing the first message. Further, it is determined whether the first message is to be disqualified. If it is determined that the first message is to be disqualified, the first message is disqualified. If it is determined that the first message is not to be disqualified, a ranking value is automatically assigning to the first message based upon a predetermined set of criteria.