Patent ID: 8688504
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for serving a multiplicity of consumers performed by at least one computer, the method comprising: receiving, via the at least one computer, data comprising ratings of an item from each of a plurality of ratings collection services that are operated independently of one another, wherein each of the ratings includes at least a ratings value and at least some of the ratings values are based on different scales, the ratings having been collected by the ratings collection services from a plurality of the multiplicity of consumers; normalizing, via the at least one computer, at least some of the ratings values to a common scale, by converting one or more of the ratings values to the common scale to thereby produce normalized ratings values; and providing, via the at least one computer, ratings information to a requesting one of the multiplicity of consumers, wherein the ratings information is dependent at least in part on the normalized ratings values.