Patent Document ID: 8782054
Application ID: 12174837
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-readable storage device having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for reviewing content provided by a content distribution system, the computer-readable instructions comprising instructions for: defining a plurality of content descriptors, wherein each content descriptor pertains to a content feature; generating a seed review as a function of a review of a content element by a creator of the content element, at least one peer review of the content element by at least one peer reviewer, and a trust metric regarding disagreement among the at least one peer reviewer and the creator; receiving a content review from a user associated with a community group of a plurality of community groups, wherein the content review indicates the content element and at least one user classification for each of at least one respective content descriptor, the at least one user classification comprising a numeric value relative to a community standard of the community group associated with the user; storing each of the at least one user classification, respective at least one content descriptor and the community group associated with the user in a database such that the at least one user classification, respective at least one content descriptor and the community group associated with the user is associated with the content element; and if a number of content reviews provided by the community group associated with the user concerning the content element and a particular content descriptor exceeds a threshold, updating an aggregate classification of the content element for the particular content descriptor and the community group associated with the user by averaging user classifications for the particular content descriptor and the community group associated with the user.