Patent ID: 7890513
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a user with media item ratings based upon media item ratings of a community of related users, said method comprising: presenting a user with a selection element for gathering demographic information related to the user for categorizing the user in a community of related users; receiving a response to the selection element wherein the response includes at least one of information or a refusal, wherein the information comprises demographic information regarding the user from the user in response to the presented selection element, said demographic information including at least one of the following: an age of the user, a gender of the user, a country of the user's residence, a mailing code of the user, and a preferred language spoken by the user, and wherein the refusal includes receiving a user refusal to submit demographic information; categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon said received user-related demographic information and based on demographic information of the community, wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users based upon the received demographic information relating to the user, and wherein said categorizing the user comprises categorizing the user in a community of related users when receiving the user refusal to submit demographic information; determining a rating for a plurality of media items in a library of media items associated with said user based upon a community rating of each of said media item by said community of related users, wherein the community rating comprises one of at least three different values; overriding at least one of the determined ratings with a rating expressed by the user, such that the value of the overridden determined rating is replaced with the rating expressed by the user; and visually presenting the determined rating to the user for each of the plurality of media items in the library of media items associated with said user, wherein the value of the determined rating of each of the plurality of media items is visually indicated to the user.