http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/tags/patents/engagement/default.aspxTags: patents, engagementenCommunityServer 2008 SP2 (Build: 31104.93)http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/02/08/rating-content-from-social-graph-data.aspxTue, 08 Feb 2011 19:33:00 GMT1e469e21-c924-44fa-a132-47b5d0a8ad47:16009Pete Prestipino0http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=16009http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/archive/2011/02/08/rating-content-from-social-graph-data.aspx#comments<hr /> <p><b><img height="73" width="73" src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/images/blog/lijit-mini.png" style="float:left;margin:15px;" alt="" />Site search and &ldquo;engagement tool&rdquo; provider <a target="_blank" href="http://www.lijit.com/">Lijit Networks</a> announced it has been granted a patent for rating content based on social graph data. </b><br /><br /> The patent covers methods and systems that query a mathematical model of a trust network of interconnected individuals and return a subjective rating of content associated with those individuals. Lijit&rsquo;s network search technology, which is covered by the patent, is used on over 15,000 publisher websites. <br /><br /> &ldquo;This patent supports and protects some of the key intellectual property used in Lijit&rsquo;s service offering,&rdquo; said Todd Vernon, CEO and founder of Lijit Networks. &ldquo;Lijit&rsquo;s Custom Site Search allows people in the online world to leverage a social network of interconnected people to find products, services and information from sources with whom they have formed a trusted relationship.&rdquo; </p> <div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16009" width="1" height="1">site searchlijitengagementpatents