Patent ID: 8463796

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing electronically noted items, the method comprising: receiving, using one or more computing devices, a request for electronically noted items from a first user; receiving, using the one or more computing devices, user identification data identifying the first user; aggregating, using the one or more computing devices, one or more noting indications associated with the first user based on a noting type to generate a noting profile associated with the first user, the noting indication describing whether the first user approves one or more items, the noting profile describing the one or more noting indications associated with the first user and the noting type including an approval status associated with the one or more items; determining, using the one or more computing devices, one or more second users related to the first user based on the user identification data identifying the first user and the noting profile associated with the first user; retrieving, using the one or more computing devices, a first set of two or more electronically noted items marked by the one or more second users; ranking, using the one or more computing devices, the first set of two or more electronically noted items to generate a second set of two or more electronically noted items; and providing for display, using the one or more computing devices, the second set of two or more electronically noted items to the first user.