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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Robert J. Ratterman, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Reed Maltzman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua D. Knepfle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert J. Ratterman, Villa Hills, KY (US);
Reed Maltzman, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Joshua D. Knepfle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
eBay Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Community ratings are determined for users of an electronic marketplace. In a typical configuration, the community rating of an individual reflect the individual's reputation in the electronic community (e.g. feedback rating) as well as the reputations of the users the individual sponsors and the reputations of each user they sponsor, and so on. Various methodologies are provided for determining a community rating, such as aggregating feedback ratings, or weighting or thresholding these feedback ratings.