Patent ID: 8315931

Claim:
A system for determining high quality musical recordings, comprising: a server computer which communicates with a plurality of client devices configured to execute internet radio client software which plays musical recordings; said server computer comprising: a registration unit for registering users; an input unit for registering, for each one of said users, and for each musical recording of a selected group of musical recordings, said user's opinion of said musical recording, wherein said selected group of said musical recordings comprises musical recordings for which said user has provided input representing an opinion; a combining unit configured to combine a user's registered opinion of each musical recording of said selected group of musical recordings with the registered opinions regarding said musical recording of others of said users, whereby a community opinion of each musical recording is generated; an input valuation unit configured to assign a valuation to the registered opinion of each of said users on the basis of data from the combining unit, including how representative the registered opinion is of the community opinion; wherein said input valuation unit is configured to assign a valuation based at least in part on a weight calculated based on the timeliness of the registered opinion of at least one of said rating users, wherein said weight is zero if the registered opinion is the first and only registered opinion; and a reward unit for providing a reward to at least one of said users on the basis of the valuation provided by the input valuation unit of at least one registered opinion of said at least one of said users.