Systems and methods for consumer-generated media reputation management

Abstract

A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, includes receiving, over the network, a data set, receiving, from a user, a selection of a first topic, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of network sites hosting commentary of the first topic and an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each site of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, a plurality of authors providing the commentary hosted by the plurality of network sites, determining, based on the data set, an authority level of each author of the plurality, determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing an opinion of each author on the first topic.

1 . A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, comprising the steps of:
 receiving, over the network, a data set;   generating to the display device a user interface including a menu of topics based on received data set selectable by a user of the user interface;   determining, in response to a user selection of a first topic from the menu and based on the received data set, at least one network site hosting content relevant to the user selected first topic;   determining, based on the data set, an authority level of at the at least one network site;   determining, based on the data set, at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic hosted by the at least one network site;   determining, based on the data set, an authority level of the at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic;   determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing content contributed by the at least one author on the first topic; and   generating, in response to the user selected first topic, a set of icons within the user interface representing of the at least one network site and the at least one author, said icons being presented based on the determined authority level and value characterizing content contributed by the at least one author.   
   
   
       2 . A method implementable in at least one electronic device coupled to a network and a display device, comprising the steps of:
 receiving, over the network, a data set;   generating to the display device a user interface including a menu of topics based on received data set selectable by a user of the user interface;   determining, in response to a user selection of a first topic from the menu and based on the received data set, at least one network site hosting content relevant to the user selected first topic;   determining, based on the data set, an authority level of at the at least one network site;   determining, based on the data set, at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic hosted by the at least one network site;   determining, based on the data set, an authority level of the at least one author contributing content related to the user selected first topic;   determining, based on the data set, a value characterizing content contributed by the at least one author on the first topic; and   generating responsive media content based on said data set and authority level and on the user's behalf wherein said responsive media content can be predetermined within the user interface by the user.   
   
   
       3 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein generating responsive media content on the user's behalf further includes selection of a predetermined selection of responsive media content from the group comprising: collecting follow up comments, aggregating follow up comments, enabling user to engage in interactive conversation, or management of said interactive responses in a workflow manager. 
   
   
       4 . A system, comprising:
 a data processing system to identify content, and rank content based on a data set, of at least one content-related network site in response to user selected topics;   a responsive media server configured to identify ranked content items relevant to user identified topics and to manage the responsive media content based on the ranking and relevance to the user identified topics.