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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Su-lin Wu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Su-Lin Wu, San Carlos, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are directed towards a free-form search query of user reviews using user profile, location information, and/or social networks, to obtain a result having an associated universal aggregated rating. The user may enter in free-form a search query that may then be transparently modified using the user's profile, social network, and/or current physical location. The search results may then be presented to the user along with aggregated weighted ratings. The user may also enter products and/or services into a data store, including comments, and a universal rating. In one embodiment, the user may provide a tag to another reviewer's comments that may be useable to aggregate ratings. In one embodiment, the user's profile, location, and/or social networking information may be used to further annotate the user's inputs.