METHODS AND SYSTEMS THAT AGGREGATE MULTI-MEDIA REVIEWS OF PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

摘要

The current document is directed to methods and systems that facilitate authoring of multi-media reviews of products and services and that aggregate multi-media reviews of products and services submitted by multiple reviewers using distributed-computing technologies. In one disclosed implementation, a client-side application provides to reviewers authoring tools, lists of desired review topics, and analyses of submitted multi-media reviews. The client-side application communicates with one or more aggregation servers. The one or more aggregation servers distribute information about desired review topics, receive multi-media reviews submitted by reviewers using the client-side application, return analysis of submitted reviews to reviewers, and store multi-media reviews submitted by reviewers for subsequent access by, and dissemination to, retailers and other parties.

主权项

1. A review-distribution system comprising:
a distribution server including one or more memories, one or more processors, and processor instructions stored in one or more of the one or more memories that, when executed by one or more of the one or more processors, control the distribution server to
receive requests that include
a request for information about one or more multi-media reviews stored in one or more data-storage devices by the review-distribution,a request to search for one or more multi-media reviews stored in one or more data-storage devices by the review-distribution, anda request to purchase or bid for one or more multi-media reviews stored in one or more data-storage devices by the review-distribution, andrespond to the received requests by
returning information requested in the request for information,returning search results requested by the request to search, andcarrying out a purchase or bid for the one or more multi-media reviews requested by the request to purchase or bid; and one or more processor-controlled devices controlled by client-side applications that control the one or more processor-controlled devices to transmit requests to the distribution server.