Patent ID: 7895212

Claim:
A method for estimating a prestige score for an entity comprising: assigning an entity name to said entity using a computer processing platform; providing at least one product class of said entity to said computer processing platform; providing at least one keyword list for a combination of an entity and a product class to said computer processing platform, said keyword list having entries comprising said entity name and at least one term being associated with the product class of said entity; searching an information space for said product class using said computer processing platform for obtaining at least one search result for at least one search term, the search providing a ranked list of information sources providing information about said product class; and assigning a prestige score value to said entity using a function of a ranking of the information sources of the ranked list and an occurrence of an entry of the keyword list associated to said entity in at least one information source of said ranked list of information sources using said computer processing platform, wherein said assigned prestige score value is more prestigious for each occurrence of an entry of the keyword list in a predetermined vicinity of said entity name in the at least one information source of said ranked list of information sources.