Patent ID: 6631184
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A network system for providing and retrieving feedback and rating information in real-time in regard to products, services, or the providers of products or services, based on one or more user-defined communities of interest, said network system comprising:a data input device operable to facilitate entry of data by a user; a user location determiner operable to determine the location of said user; a first interface operable to provide feedback categories and rating information, said categories and rating information being associated with said data entered by said user; a second interface operable to retrieve feedback and rating information and present them to said user; a feedback and rating information server in communication with said data input device operable to process said data; a communities server in communication with said data input device and operable to provide details about communities with which said user defines a relationship; and a location server in communication with said user location determiner and operable to provide details of providers of products and services in relation to said user location.