| 摘要 |
Methods, systems, and user-interfaces for creating a collaborative review of an offering may facilitate multiple people (users) collaborating on a review by submitting short statements concerning particular characteristics, traits, or qualities concerning the offering. Users can also vote on the validity or strength of each submitted statement. Votes on statements are tabulated, scores are computed, and the information is fed back to the user. These actions take place over a network with users of computing devices interacting with the system running on one or more servers. In one embodiment, the end results of this process is a single collaborative review for each offering that reflects the experiences, knowledge, and understanding of multiple people concerning that offering. The collaborative review may be made accessible via a network as a useful resource for people in making decisions about that offering. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method for creating a single collaborative review of a product or service offering, the method comprising:
(a) receiving, by a web server, a first textual statement from a user directed to a first aspect of an offering, wherein the first textual statement is categorized by the user using a list of statement categories; (b) receiving, by the web server, a plurality of votes responsive to the first textual statement, each of the received votes comprising one of agree or disagree; (c) receiving, by the web server, a second textual statement from the user directed to a second aspect of the offering wherein the second textual statement is categorized by the user using the list of statement categories; (d) receiving, by the web server, a plurality of votes responsive to the second textual statement, each of the received votes comprising one of agree or disagree; and (e) calculating, by an application logic processor executing on the web server, an overall rating for the offering based on a score for the first textual statement, wherein the score for the first textual statement is calculated by summing the number of received agree votes and subtracting the sum of the number of disagree votes for the first textual statement, and a score for the second textual statement, wherein the score for the second textual statement is calculated by summing the number of received agree votes and subtracting the sum of the number of disagree votes for the second textual statement. |
