Patent Document ID: 8719176
Application ID: 12583109

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method, said computer-implemented method comprising the following: providing for receiving at a first computer, via a computer network, first information, said first information comprising at least (i) first user account information, (ii) first word or phrase information, or (iii) first approval or disapproval information; providing for storing at least some of said first information in a first database; providing for associating a first item with a first status, said first item comprising or relating to said first information; providing for associating a second item with said first status; providing for determining a first measure of community approval, said providing for determining said first measure of community approval comprising at least providing for counting a first plurality of submissions, said first plurality of submissions pertaining to said first item; providing for comparing said first measure of community approval to a second measure of community approval; providing for associating said first item with a second status, said second status being different from said first status, the associating said first item with said second status being performed at least partly according to an outcome of said providing for comparing said first measure of community approval to said second measure of community approval; providing for comparing a third measure of community approval to a fourth measure of community approval; providing for removing a third item from said second status, the removing said third item from said second status being performed at least partly according to an outcome of said providing for comparing said third measure of community approval to said fourth measure of community approval; and providing a plurality of real-time newsfeeds or tickers, said plurality of real-time newsfeeds or tickers comprising at least a first real-time newsfeed or ticker, said first real-time newsfeed or ticker comprising at least a first news item, said first news item being related to said first information.

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Claim 2:
2. The method in claim 1 additionally comprising the following: providing a first web browser bar function, said providing said first web browser bar function comprising at least one of the following: (i) providing for at least partly causing display of an alternately expandable and collapsible web browser bar, said alternately expandable and collapsible web browser bar conveying real-time, user-generated content; (ii) providing for at least partly causing display of first indicia in a web browser bar when a first domain or URL is being requested, said first indicia indicating at least a first real-time quantity that pertains specifically to said first domain or URL; and (iii) providing for at least partly causing display of said first news item in a web browser bar.