Providing an aid based on previous subscriber power within an electronic marketplace space environment

摘要

An electronic marketplace system ( 10 ) operates on one or more computers that collectively facilitate marketplace interactions between one or more first participants ( 12, 14 ) and a second participant ( 14, 12 ). The system ( 10 ) receives feedback as to performance of the second participant ( 14, 12 ) from the first participants ( 12, 14 ) based on their interactions with the second participant ( 14, 12 ). The system ( 10 ) associates a participant-specific rating with the second participant ( 14, 12 ) based on the feedback received from a particular first participant ( 12, 14 ), the participant-specific rating of the second participant ( 14, 12 ) being specific to the first participant ( 12, 14 ), being independent of feedback received from other first participants ( 12, 14 ), and being stored in a profile maintained for the first participant ( 12, 14 ). The system ( 10 ) accesses the profile maintained for the first participant ( 12, 14 ) in response to an identification of the second participant ( 14, 12 ) as a potential partner for the first participant ( 12, 14 ) as to a potential interaction. According to the participant-specific rating of the second participant ( 14, 12 ), the system ( 10 ) provides an indication to the first participant ( 12, 14 ) reflecting the desirability of interacting with the second participant ( 14, 12 ) with respect to the potential interaction.