Patent ID: 8949243
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method to determine a rating of an item, comprising: collecting a plurality of user reviews with textual information relating to the item; identifying a feature descriptor from at least one of the plurality of user reviews; obtaining a user assigned non-textual rating for each of the user reviews that contain the feature descriptor; assigning a rating to the feature descriptor based on a frequency of occurrence of the feature descriptor in the plurality of user reviews and the user assigned non-textual rating for each of the user reviews that contain the feature descriptor; downloading a word sense database from a website, the word sense database being publically available on the website; creating a ratings database by modifying the word sense database based on analysis of the plurality of user reviews, wherein the ratings database comprises a list for feature descriptors, each entry of the list of feature descriptors comprising a section for a feature descriptor, a section for a domain associated with the feature descriptor, and a section for the rating associated with the feature descriptor; and accessing the ratings database to determine an overall rating for the item.