Patent ID: 9076179
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for assisting a user in rating items stored or represented in a computer data repository, the method comprising: providing a recommendation service that generates personalized item recommendations for users based at least partly on ratings assigned by the users to particular items; selecting an item that has not been rated by the user; generating information regarding one or more additional items that would be recommended to the user by the recommendation service as a result of the user assigning a particular rating to the selected item; and generating, for the user, a personalized user interface that provides functionality for the user to assign at least said particular rating to the selected item, and to view, prior to rating the selected item, said information regarding one or more additional items that would be recommended, the personalized user interface thereby enabling the user to assess, prior to rating the selected item, a downstream effect of assigning the particular rating to the selected item; said method performed programmatically by a computing system that comprises one or more computing devices.