Global Patent Index - EP 1546842 A2

EP 1546842 A2 20050629 - A SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING A DATABASE OF INFORMATION UTILIZING USER OPINIONS

Title (en)

A SYSTEM FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING A DATABASE OF INFORMATION UTILIZING USER OPINIONS

Title (de)

SYSTEM ZUM ERZEUGEN UND FÜHREN EINER DATENBANK VON INFORMATIONEN UNTER VERWENDUNG VON BENUTZERMEINUNGEN

Title (fr)

SYSTEME DE CREATION ET DE GESTION D'UNE BASE DE DONNEES D'INFORMATION UTILISANT DES OPINIONS D'UTILISATEURS

Publication

EP 1546842 A2 20050629 (EN)

Application

EP 03765981 A 20030724

Priority

  • US 0323046 W 20030724
  • US 39849402 P 20020724
  • US 62434503 A 20030722

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2004010265A2] A system for automatically creating and maintaining a database (1-24) of information utilizing user opinions about subjects, particularly exceptional experiences. Described is an Internet system (1-12) assisting/motivating a population of users (1-n) interested in information about certain categories of subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website (1-26) owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings about which natural-language terms best describe a particular subject, enabling user searches of the subject database to be by way of preferred such descriptive natural ­language terms, which terms are further preferred to be evaluative and approving. Also, a system for automatically creating and maintaining a database of information utilizing user knowledge about sales related subjects. Described is an Internet-based system for assisting/motivating a population of users interested in information about certain categories of sales related subjects to automatically maintain the database content and to improve the usefulness and quality of the database information without any substantial management by the website owner-manager. The user opinions are primarily in the form of both comments and ratings of which sales related subjects best provide assistance in completing a sale (FIG 1-B).

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/30

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 16/951 (2018.12 - EP); G06Q 30/0203 (2013.01 - US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2004010265 A2 20040129; WO 2004010265 A3 20040408; AU 2003252125 A1 20040209; CA 2493272 A1 20040129; EP 1546842 A2 20050629; EP 1546842 A4 20090401; HK 1079874 A1 20060413

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 0323046 W 20030724; AU 2003252125 A 20030724; CA 2493272 A 20030724; EP 03765981 A 20030724; HK 05112096 A 20051229