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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 03, 2006
Kyle G. Harrison, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerard James Sulentic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin M. Reeth, Ii, San Jose, CA (US);
Kyle G. Harrison, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gerard James Sulentic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kevin M. Reeth, II, San Jose, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment, a method and apparatus for linking businesses to customers through a trusted source network includes creating and providing an authenticated rating and review/referral database. The authenticated rating and review/referral database is then used as a central hub to distribute authenticated ratings and reviews to various interested parties in one or more trusted source networks and/or through one or more portals linked to existing trusted source networks.