referencing fivestar field to multiple entities

"The problem is that right now the votes are only targeted at a single entity (it could be a node, group, user, etc..) but only one. "

as u said can be targeted to one entity......How do i target the votes to the users ?

#5: 1481502-fivestar-author-target.patch queued for re-testing.

Amazing u already created a patch !!!

Just one more thing i am using the fivestar module on a live site and being beginner r i am clueless how do i use this patch on a live site. I did google for possible solutions but all i could get was tutorials using drush to update a patch, but none on live site.

So i tried to manually

Here is what i did (code starting from line 741)

// Add comment module support.
  if ($instance['entity_type'] == 'comment') {
    $options['parent_node'] = array(
      'title' => t('Parent Node'),
      'callback' => '_fivestar_target_comment_parent_node'
    );
  }

  return $options;
}

 function fivestar_fivestar_target_info($field, $instance) {
       'title' => t('Parent Node'),
       'callback' => '_fivestar_target_comment_parent_node'
     );
    $options['parent_node_author'] = array(
      'title' => t('Parent Node: Author'),
      'callback' => '_fivestar_target_comment_parent_node_author'
    );
   }
  $node_reference = $instance['settings']['target'];
  if (isset($entity->{$node_reference}[$langcode][0]) && is_numeric($entity->{$node_reference}[$langcode][0]['nid'])) {
    $target['entity_id'] = $entity->{$node_reference}[$langcode][0]['nid'];
    $target['entity_type'] = 'node';
  }

  return $target;
}

function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node($entity, $field, $instance, $langcode) {
  return array(
    'entity_id' => $entity->nid,
    'entity_type' => 'node',
  );
}

function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node($entity, $field, $instance, $langc
     'entity_type' => 'node',
   );
 }

function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node_author($entity, $field, $instance, $langcode) {
  return array(
    'entity_id' => $entity->uid,
    'entity_type' => 'user',
  );
}

NO use getting this message after doing the above mentioned changes :- Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_DOUBLE_ARROW in /home/nithin/public_html/drupaltest/sites/all/modules/fivestar/fivestar.module on line 753.

How do i use this patch on a live site .....???

and also in this code (i also suck @ coding so plz educate me)

function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node($entity, $field, $instance, $langc //why is this empty?.
     'entity_type' => 'node',
   );
 } //where is the start?.
+
+function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node_author($entity, $field, $instance, $langcode) {
+  return array(
+    'entity_id' => $entity->uid,
+    'entity_type' => 'user',
+  );
+}

Also i have attached 2 screenshots ..... please have a look at them ......

I simply want to reference the vote to the user/member selected in the user reference field 9created using reference module) not the author of the content type (group)...

Thanks again for all your time and efforts.... :)

Finally figured out how to apply the code manually here it is and its working right.

  // Add comment module support.
  if ($instance['entity_type'] == 'comment') {
    $options['parent_node'] = array(
      'title' => t('Parent Node'),
      'callback' => '_fivestar_target_comment_parent_node'
    );
    $options['parent_node_author'] = array(
      'title' => t('Parent Node: Author'),
      'callback' => '_fivestar_target_comment_parent_node_author'
    );
  }

  return $options;
}

/**
 *
 * @return (array) array('entity_type', 'entity_id')
 */
function _fivestar_target_node_reference($entity, $field, $instance, $langcode) {
  $target = array();

  $node_reference = $instance['settings']['target'];
  if (isset($entity->{$node_reference}[$langcode][0]) && is_numeric($entity->{$node_reference}[$langcode][0]['nid'])) {
    $target['entity_id'] = $entity->{$node_reference}[$langcode][0]['nid'];
    $target['entity_type'] = 'node';
  }

  return $target;
}

function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node($entity, $field, $instance, $langcode) {
  return array(
    'entity_id' => $entity->nid,
    'entity_type' => 'node',
  );
}

function _fivestar_target_comment_parent_node_author($entity, $field, $instance, $langcode) {
  return array(
    'entity_id' => $entity->uid,
    'entity_type' => 'user',
  );
} 

ok now there is one problem if user "Master" votes in another group his existing vote is over written. Thus if user "Master" is part of 2 groups "Group awesome" & "Group Superb", and he caste's vote in Group awesome & then comes and caste's vote in Group superb then his first vote is over written.

hey @ ericduran your patch works perfect,(understood it by reading http://drupal.org/node/1274426#comment-4975152 ) but it links the vote to the voter i.e. comment author itself. Going to try out this patch http://drupal.org/node/1488914 named "fivestar-support_entityreference_1488914-6.patch"