Patent ID: 8898176
Filing Date: 2014-11-25
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for receiving information about an item of ratable content relating to a restaurant, the method comprising: receiving from a client device a request for ratable user-submitted content about restaurants, the ratable user-submitted content about restaurants including submissions to an online forum that have been converted to a format that promotes the receipt of rating information for each submission; receiving from the client device a geographic location specifying where the request for ratable user-submitted content about restaurants pertains; identifying, via a processor, a plurality of items of ratable user-submitted content about restaurants within an area that includes the geographic location based on geographic distances between restaurants and the geographic location, the items of ratable user-submitted content about restaurants being stored in a data repository that associates items of ratable content with rating information specifying a level of quality of the respective items of ratable content based on user ratings of the respective items of ratable content; ranking the plurality of items of ratable user-submitted content about restaurants according to the level of specificity such that less specific items of ratable user-submitted content about restaurants are ranked above more specific items of ratable user-submitted content about restaurants; sending information to the client device describing the plurality of items of ratable user-submitted content about restaurants; receiving from the client device a selection of an item of ratable user-submitted content about a restaurant; and sending information to the client device describing ratable user-submitted content about a menu item of the restaurant of the received.