Patent ID: 7319863

Claim:
A mobile device that provides for telecommunication and provision of opinions relating to items, comprising: a body of the mobile device to house mobile device components, the body having dimensions designed to allow mobile usage of the mobile device by a user; a telecommunication module, housed by the body and configured to facilitate telecommunication by the user of the mobile device with another party; a processor, housed by the body; a user interface element, housed by the body and operated by the processor to facilitate a user to provide opinion inputs; a wireless interface, housed by the body and coupled to the telecommunication module and the processor to send telecommunication or opinion data and receive aggregated opinion data; and an opinion application, housed by the body and operated by the processor to facilitate a user of the mobile device in selecting an item on which to provide an opinion input, associate a received opinion input with the selected item, send the received opinion, as well as identification information identifying the selected item to which the sent opinion relates, through the wireless interface, to another device for aggregation with other opinion data provided by other users for the selected item, receive aggregated opinion data for at least the selected item, and customize one or more user preferences of the mobile device based on the received aggregated opinion data for at least the selected item.