Patent Document ID: 7617519
Application ID: 10803364
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method for recommending to a first computer user a decision for downloading content, the method implemented by the first user's computer comprising: at the first user's computer: reading a profile for the first user; receiving a selection of one or more experts from a listing of experts that is presented when the user is presented with an option of downloading the content, wherein each of the one or more selected experts comprises an individual user other than the first user; reading at least one expert profile associated with the one or more selected experts; assigning an amount of weight to the at least one expert profile in accordance with trust factors associated with the associated at least one expert profile, obtaining information about the content; computing a recommendation of whether or not to trust the content; providing said recommendation as a default option to the first user whether or not to trust the content, wherein the recommendation computation is based upon the profile for the first user, the at least one expert profile, the amount of weight assigned to the at least one expert profile, and the information about the content; and updating the trust factors associated with the at least one expert profile based on a third party's valuation of the at least one expert.