System, method, and computer program product for reviewing and creating advisories for data located on a content server

摘要

A system and method which can efficiently develop new and revised advisories on content loaded (or available to be loaded) by a client from a content server via a protocol between the client and any number of advisory servers that maintain "ratings" knowledge bases. In one example, the advisory servers can be any number of independent non-co- located or combined servers in the World Wide Web. Alternatively, the functions of the advisory server can be integrated with the functions of the content server. Advisories can be efficiently developed based on rational factors, including: suggestions from users of an advisory service; as yet unrated content for which queries are being received; and requests from providers of new and revised primary content. Embodiments of the operation of an advisory server and reviewer's tool are described wherein content which clients are sending queries about, but which have not yet been reviewed, (i.e., not stored in an advisories database) are placed on a to-be- reviewed queue for processing by the reviewer's tool. New and revised advisories may also be created as a result of suggested advisories submitted from clients. New and revised advisories may further be created as a result of new or revised content for which a primary publisher desires (and may wish to pay for) an advisory.