System and method for annotating and ranking reviews with inferred analytics

Abstract

The present invention is directed towards methods and computer readable media for annotating and ranking user reviews on social review systems with inferred analytics. A reference framework is provided by creating context according to previous activity, bias, or background information of a given reviewer. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a first query identifying a given content item, generating a collection of content items based on one or more identical objective attributes associated with the given content item, identifying one or more subjective attributes associated with a given item in the collection of items, and providing a reference framework to interpret the subjective attributes associated with each item in the collection.

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         25 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a processor of a social review computer system, a first query from a client device, the first query identifying a content item;   determining, by the processor, a plurality of objective attributes of the content item, the plurality of objective attributes each comprising a fact describing the content item;   converting, by a natural language processing synthesis processor of the social review computer system, each objective attribute in the plurality in relation to the content item into an annotation;   determining, by the processor, online reviews of the content item entered by a plurality of reviewers into the social review computer system, the online reviews comprising the annotations;   determining, by the processor, one or more previous activities of one of the plurality of reviewers;   ranking, by the processor, the online reviews according to the one or more previous activities of the one of the plurality of reviewers; and   transmitting, by the processor, the ranked online reviews to the client device for display.   
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the content item is from a collection of content items in a domain. 
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising determining, by the processor, a plurality of subjective attributes for the content item. 
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein the subjective attributes for the content item comprise the online reviews of the content item. 
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising determining a score for a content item. 
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 25 , further comprising determining context for an online review in the online reviews. 
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , further comprising determining a total number of online reviews. 
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 29 , further comprising comparing the score to a plurality of other scores in other online reviews of the content item. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the one or more previous activities of the one of the plurality of reviewers further comprises one or more previous reviews of the content item. 
     
     
         34 . A social review computer system comprising:
 a processor;   a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:   query receiving logic executed by the processor for receiving a first query from a client device, the first query identifying a content item;   objective attribute determining logic executed by the processor for determining a plurality of objective attributes of the content item, the plurality of objective attributes each comprising a fact describing the content item;   objective attribute converting logic executed by the processor for converting each objective attribute in the plurality in relation to the content item into an annotation;   online review determining logic executed by the processor for determining online reviews of the content item entered by a plurality of reviewers into the social review computer system, the online reviews comprising the annotations;   activity determining logic executed by the processor for determining one or more previous activities of one of the plurality of reviewers;   ranking logic executed by the processor for ranking the online reviews according to the one or more previous activities of the one of the plurality of reviewers; and   transmitting logic executed by the processor for transmitting the ranked online reviews to the client device for display.   
     
     
         35 . The social review computer system of  claim 34 , wherein the content item is from a collection of content items in a domain. 
     
     
         36 . The social review computer system of  claim 34 , further comprising subjective attribute determining logic executed by the processor for determining a plurality of subjective attributes for the content item. 
     
     
         37 . The social review computer system of  claim 36 , wherein the subjective attributes for the content item comprise the online reviews of the content item. 
     
     
         38 . The social review computer system of  claim 34 , further comprising score determining logic executed by the processor for determining a score for a content item. 
     
     
         39 . The social review computer system of  claim 34 , further comprising context determining logic executed by the processor for determining context for an online review in the online reviews. 
     
     
         40 . The social review computer system of  claim 39 , further comprising total review determining logic executed by the processor for determining a total number of online reviews. 
     
     
         41 . The social review computer system of  claim 38 , further comprising score comparing logic executed by the processor for comparing the score to a plurality of other scores in other online reviews of the content item. 
     
     
         42 . The social review computer system of  claim 34  wherein the one or more previous activities of the one of the plurality of reviewers further comprises one or more previous reviews of the content item. 
     
     
         43 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a processor of a social review computer system, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:
 receiving, by the processor, a first query from a client device, the first query identifying a content item;   determining, by the processor, a plurality of objective attributes of the content item, the plurality of objective attributes each comprising a fact describing the content item;   converting, by a natural language processing synthesis processor of the social review computer system, each objective attribute in the plurality in relation to the content item into an annotation;   determining, by the processor, online reviews of the content item entered by a plurality of reviewers into the social review computer system, the online reviews comprising the annotations;   determining, by the processor, one or more previous activities of one of the plurality of reviewers;   ranking, by the processor, the online reviews according to the one or more previous activities of the one of the plurality of reviewers; and   transmitting, by the processor, the ranked online reviews to the client device for display.   
     
     
         44 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of  claim 43 , wherein the content item is from a collection of content items in a domain.