Patent ID: 7860752

Claim:
A method comprising: using one or more processors to perform the following acts: accessing a take amount related to a current transaction in which a first user participated, the take amount being revenue generated by a sales facilitator in association with the current transaction; accessing feedback associated with the first user and accumulated from feedback submitted by at least one other user associated with the current transaction and a user community; determining whether the first user's feedback is positive feedback or negative feedback; accessing a first total take amount accumulated from one or more take amounts in a selection of other transactions in which the first user participated; accessing a first total positive take amount accumulated from take amounts associated with positive feedback in the selection of other transactions in which the first user participated; accumulating the take amount with the first total take amount to calculate a second total take amount; accumulating the take amount with the first total positive take amount to calculate a second total positive take amount when the first user's feedback is positive feedback; adjusting reputation information associated with the first user based on the first user's feedback, wherein a positive adjustment is made when the first user's feedback is positive feedback and a negative adjustment is made when the first user's feedback is negative feedback; and providing, to the user community, the first user's reputation information, including the second total positive take amount and the second total take amount.