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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Kenneth N. Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
David A. Koski, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pedraum R. Pardehpoosh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ralph E. Zazula, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kenneth N. Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
David A. Koski, Cupertino, CA (US);
Pedraum R. Pardehpoosh, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ralph E. Zazula, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Providing a comparison of a set of similar items includes: receiving from a first member of an online community a selection of a stored prior comparison created by another online community member of a set of similar items; providing to the first member a template for the comparison, the template being at least partially pre-populated using data from the stored prior comparison created by the other online community member; and receiving from the first member a submission of the comparison, wherein the comparison includes one or more modifications as made by the first member to the template.