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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2007
Oludare Obasanjo, Renton, WA (US);
Bhupinder S. Sethi, Redmond, WA (US);
David A. Nichols, Redmond, WA (US);
Oludare Obasanjo, Renton, WA (US);
Bhupinder S. Sethi, Redmond, WA (US);
David A. Nichols, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
People often trust ratings provided by those with whom they have an existing relationship more than they would trust ratings provided by strangers. A system that provides ratings can combine the ratings with information about a person's social network, in order to provide information that a person seeking the rating may find more reliable. The information provided to a person may, in some manner, differentiate between ratings that were provided by members of the person's social network and ratings that were provided by those outside of the persons' social network.