Computing device and corresponding method for generating data representing text

• US 10,031,899 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Issued: 07/24/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gracenote Digital Ventures LLC (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Original Assignee: Gracenote Digital Ventures LLC (RR Donnelley & Sons Company)
• Inventors: Panguluri, Venkatarama Anilkumar, Defouw, Gregory P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Quoc A
• Application Number:
  US14/322,627
• Publication Number:
  US 20160004678A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,483 Days
• Field of Search: 715733, 715230-233, 715246-247, 715817, 715209, 715251, 715256, 386244
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/635 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

An example method involves (i) accessing first data representing text; (ii) identifying a term within the represented text; (iii) using the identified term as a basis to select a text-editing rule from among a set of text-editing rules; (iv) generating second data that represents the represented text edited in accordance with the selected text-editing rule; and (v) providing output based on the generated second data.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

accessing first data representing text;

identifying a term within the represented text;

using the identified term as a basis to select a text-editing rule from among a set of text-editing rules;

generating second data that represents the represented text edited in accordance with the selected text-editing rule; and

providing output based on the generated second data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text the identified term.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a sentence following the identified term.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a paragraph following the identified term.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a hyperlink following the identified term.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the represented text comprises text of a news article.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein providing output based on the generated second data comprises providing the generated second data as output.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing output based on the generated second data comprises transmitting to a computing device, output based on the generated second data.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by a processor cause performance of a set of acts, the set of acts comprising:

accessing first data representing text;

identifying a term within the represented text;

using the identified term as a basis to select a text-editing rule from among a set of text-editing rules;

generating second data that represents the represented text edited in accordance with the selected text-editing rule; and

providing output based on the generated second data.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text the identified term.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a sentence following the identified term.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a paragraph following the identified term.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a hyperlink following the identified term.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the represented text comprises text of a news article.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein providing output based on the generated second data comprises providing the generated second data as output.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein providing output based on the second data comprises transmitting to a computing device, output based on the generated second data.

17. A computing device comprising:

a communication interface;

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program instructions that when executed by the processor cause the computing device to perform a set of acts, the set of acts comprising;

accessing first data representing text;

identifying a term within the represented text;

using the identified term as a basis to select a text-editing rule from among a set of text-editing rules;

generating second data that represents the represented text edited in accordance with the selected text-editing rule; and

providing, via the communication interface, output based on the generated second data.

18. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text the identified term.

19. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a sentence following the identified term.

20. The computing device of claim 17, wherein the selected text-editing rule comprises a rule of editing specified text by at least removing from the specified text a paragraph following the identified term.