Assessing digital content across a communications network

Abstract

The present invention relates generally so a method of providing an on-line assessment of digital content, such as video clips ( 30 ), across a network, such as the internet. In general terms the steps involved in this embodiment of the methodology include: 1. presenting a simulant video clip ( 10 ); 2. providing means for rating the video clip in real time, in this example a rating bar ( 12 ) and slider ( 14 ) driven by a computer peripheral device (not shown); 3. collecting rating data relevant to the viewed video clip such as ( 10 ).

1 . An on-line method of assessing digital content across a communications network, said method comprising the steps of:
 presenting digital content at a node of the network;   providing means for real-time rating of the digital content as it is viewed at the network node;   collecting rating data from multiple viewers relevant to the viewed digital content, time-stamping the collected rating data from each of the multiple viewers at the network node to coincide with and thus be synchronized within the digital content.   
     
     
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