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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2005
Applicants:

Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);

Edward T. Gausman, Bellevue, WA (US);

John P. Mullally, Iv, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael Novak, Redmond, WA (US);

Pradeep Jha, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Daniel Plastina, Sammamish, WA (US);

Edward T. Gausman, Bellevue, WA (US);

John P. Mullally, IV, Seattle, WA (US);

Michael Novak, Redmond, WA (US);

Pradeep Jha, Redmond, WA (US);

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

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.


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