Patent ID: 8407286

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of sharing reviews, the method comprising: connecting, using a computer, an aggregator site to a plurality of social networking sites; identifying, using a computer, a plurality of relationships within the social networking sites among a plurality of friends in the social networking sites; receiving, at the aggregator site, using a computer, at least one review provided by at least one reviewer, wherein the reviewer comprises a user of at least one social networking site; receiving, at the aggregator site, using a computer, designations of friends within each of the social networking sites permitted by the reviewer to access the review; uploading, using a computer, the review and the designations to the social networking sites; receiving, using a computer, search criteria at the aggregator site from at least one requester; selecting, using a computer, at least one searched review, wherein the searched review meets the search criteria and the requester corresponds to a friend designated by the reviewer as having permission to access the searched review; storing, using a computer, the searched review in a trusted reviews database; and presenting, using a computer-implemented visual interface, the searched review to the requester.