Patent ID: 7587488

Claim:
At a computer system, a method for dispatching an Internet-content identifier to a content-rating system, the method comprising: receiving an indication that at least one unrated Internet-content identifier is available to be rated; receiving an indication that one or more computerized content raters are available for rating the at least one unrated Internet-content identifier, wherein the computerized content raters include a plurality of content classifiers configured to rate content based on respective criteria; selecting an Internet-content identifier from among the at least one unrated Internet-content identifier based on content-identifier selection criteria; selecting one computerized content rater from among the one or more available computerized content raters to rate the selected unrated Internet-content identifier; transferring the selected Internet-content identifier to the selected available computerized content rater, wherein the selected Internet-content identifier identifies a portion of content; and dynamically determining a content category rating for the selected Internet-content identifier, wherein determining a content category rating comprises dynamically combining a rating for the selected Internet-content identifier with at least one of a rating for an Internet-content identifier identified within the portion of content for the selected Internet-content identifier and an Internet-content identifier for a portion of content that identifies the selected Internet-content identifier.