Patent ID: 7747680

Claim:
A system for generating community-based rating information concerning network-accessible content, comprising: a Web server comprising at least one hardware processing unit and a memory, the Web server configured to display to a first user a community-based rating of at least one of a Web site or a Web page accessed by the first user over the network and to receive user feedback from the first user regarding the at least one of the Web site or the Web page; a rating server coupled to the Web server, the rating server configured to automatically generate an initial community-based rating concerning the at least one of the Web site or the Web page, to analyze the user feedback from the first user in conjunction with user feedback provided by other users concerning the at least one of the Web site or the Web page, wherein performing the analysis includes weighing user feedback provided by a user belonging to the same group as the first user heavier than user feedback provided by a user not belonging to the same group as the first user, and to automatically generate updated community-based rating information concerning the at least one of the Web site or the Web page based on the analysis; and a rating database coupled to the rating server, the rating database configured to store the updated community-based rating information for use in the performance of a Web filtering operation that includes either satisfying or denying subsequent user requests for the at least one of the Web site or the Web page.