SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMMUNICATION OF USER COMMENTS OVER A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

Systems and methods for communication of user comments over a computer network are provided. Users may place and review comments on webpages or other resources without the resources necessarily expressly incorporating such commenting systems and methods. User comments may be associated with particular elements of resources (e.g. links, videos, pictures, text, HTML tags). Comments may be displayed to the user based on the position of their associated elements. Commenting systems and methods according to the present disclosure may flexibly associate comments with particular elements based on metadata such as one or more attributes of an element, so as to account for changes in resources over time. Users may review comments left by other users, and users' view of other users' comments may be restricted based on visibility settings. User activity profiles comprising displays of user activity across multiple unrelated resources may be provided.

主权项

1. A method for communicating comments over a computer network, the method performed by a processor and comprising:
receiving a resource identifier identifying a resource; communicating, over the computer network, the resource identifier to a discussion database; receiving, over the computer network, a discussion associated with the resource from the discussion database, the discussion associated with metadata comprising one or more criteria; obtaining a representation of the resource; determining a first criteria subset, the first criteria subset comprising at least one of the one or more criteria; determining a first element subset, the first element subset comprising elements of the representation of the resource which satisfy the criteria of the first criteria subset; determining whether the discussion can be mapped to at least one element of the first element subset; if it is determined that the discussion can be mapped to at least one of the elements of the first element subset: determining a mapping between the discussion and at least one of the elements of the first element subset; and displaying to a user a rendering of the discussion based on the mapping.