Patent ID: 7711689

Claim:
A method for rating multimedia objects, the method comprising: interactively defining a first semantic network, including a plurality of nodes and semantic links connecting the nodes, in response to user input indicating selection of a graphical symbol to represent one or more of the plurality of nodes, to the user input indicating selection of at least one multimedia object for attachment to the graphical symbol, and further in response to the user input indicating selection of one or more semantic links between the graphical symbol and at least a further graphical symbol; receiving feedback regarding the first semantic network from at least one viewer of the first semantic network; calculating a rating indicative of a value of the first semantic network in accordance with the received feedback; and using a processor-based circuit for generating computer-readable data representing a visual display of the first semantic network, the visual display including the graphical symbols and the indication of selection of one or more semantic links between the graphical symbols.