Patent ID: 9542458
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for processing and displaying user-generated content, the method comprising: receiving, from a user over a network, user-generated-content, the user-generated-content being a user-generated-comment; searching one or more conversations to identify an existing conversation relating to the user-generated comment by identifying an existing conversation including an original comment to which the user-generated comment was received from the user in reply; determining whether an existing conversation relating to the user-generated comment is identified based on the search; when an existing conversation is not identified based on the determination, generating a new conversation for the user-generated comment as the identified conversation; when an existing conversation is identified based on the determination, associating the user-generated comment with the identified existing conversation related to the user-generated comment; calculating a score associated with the identified conversation; and providing the user-generated comment for display in relation to the conversation, based on the calculated score associated with the conversation.