Patent ID: 9009166
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for calculating a social credit score of a user, the method comprising: collecting, by a processor, activity data, the activity data being related to at least one of a number, a frequency and a volume of information posted online by the user, wherein a specific numeric value is assigned to each of the number, the frequency and the volume of information posted online by the user; collecting, by the processor, response data, the response data being related to online postings of one or more other users in response to the information posted online by the user; determining, by the processor, based on the activity data and the response data, the social credit score of the user, wherein the determining the social credit score includes adding the specific numeric value associated with at least one of the number, the frequency and the volume of information posted online by the user to the social credit score of the user; immediately tallying, by the processor, the social credit score of the user; publishing the social credit score in a web page associated with the user such that the social credit score is made available to at least one other party; determining, by the processor, whether the social credit score of the user constitutes a high social credit score relative to social credit scores of the one or more other users; marking, by the processor, the user with at least one of special prizes, marks, ranks, symbols, and distinguishing signs when the determining determines that the social credit score constitutes the high social credit score; publishing, by the processor, the social credit score of the user that constitutes the high social credit score in a list of users with high social credit scores to stimulate the one or more other users for online activity.