Mark E Watkins

US Patent:

20120158648, Jun 21, 2012

Filed:

Aug 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

13/138870

Inventors:

Mark Watkins - Denver CO, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30

US Classification:

707609, 707E17005

Abstract:

This invention is a method and system for dynamically rating a target entity's attribute by receiving validation value from an attribute of a qualifying source entity. The validation value involves either a user assigning weights to selected attributes or selected attributes taking weight values from attributes assigned to the user. The validation value is used for updating the rating of a target entity's attribute. Individual weighted attributes are used to define compositional attributes for things such as goods, services, ideas, terms, and quality. Compositional attributes can be comprised of supporting individual component attributes, a mix of supporting individual component attributes and supporting compositional attributes, or a mix of supporting compositional attributes. Thus, compositional attributes can also be used to support another compositional attribute. These component and weighted attributes are agreed upon by other users to form communities on the Internet by filtering content that is most relevant to the users through the use of ratings. Further, a system and method is used for qualifying attributes, both supporting and composite attributes, through transferring value from an attribute of the qualifier. The qualifying of content, goods, and services facilitates a pay subscription supported model of using relative value of content, goods, and services according to each user as a price point.