System and method for managing news headlines

• US 10,452,778 B2
• Filed: 10/18/2016
• Issued: 10/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bloomberg Finance LP (Bloomberg LP)
• Original Assignee: Bloomberg Finance LP (Bloomberg LP)
• Inventors: Ursitti, Michael A., Collier, Vincent, Cook, Debra A., Attanasio, Amy, Reynolds, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Manglesh M
• Application Number:
  US15/296,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20170068658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,099 Days
• Field of Search: 715210, 715200, 715255, 715531
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/258 Heading extraction; Automatic titling; Numbering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided related to a news-editing environment that may facilitate expedited editing, creation, and dispatching of news headlines. Articles are acquired from a plurality of information sources, preprocessed, and then queued for creation of a headline by one or more editors. Metadata may also be associated with an article, a headline, or both. Once a headline has been composed, the editor dispatches it, and the headline may subsequently be send to one or more consumers.

Claims

1. A method for generating headlines, comprising:

receiving an electronic article from an information source;

extracting one or more tickers from the electronic article using a preprocessing module;

classifying the electronic article into a category;

sending the electronic article to a headlining module;

generating a text headline associated with the electronic article using the headlining module by applying rules based on a source or a format of the electronic article, the text headline comprising a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more extracted tickers; and

dispatching the generated text headline based on the category.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein generating the text headline associated with the electronic article using the headlining module by applying rules based on a source or a format of the electronic article comprises:

selecting the text headline from a plurality of pre-constructed headlines via a user interface.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the text headline comprises a token that is replaced with a defined value upon selection of the text headline.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein classifying the electronic article into the category comprises:

classifying the electronic article into the category based on a subject matter of content of the electronic article.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

generating metadata related to content of the electronic article; and

generating the text headline based on the metadata.

6. The method as recited in claim 5, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of:

an identifier of the electronic article, a time that the electronic article was received, a source of the electronic article, and an extracted headline from the electronic article.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

determining a market capitalization of a corporation associated with the corporation name.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein dispatching the generated text headline comprises:

dispatching the generated text headline to a customer associated with a news organization.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, from wherein the information source is a news wire.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer program instructions for generating headlines, which, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving an electronic article from an information source;

extracting one or more tickers from the electronic article using a preprocessing module;

classifying the electronic article into a category;

sending the electronic article to a headlining module;

generating a text headline associated with the electronic article using the headlining module by applying rules based on a source or a format of the electronic article, the text headline comprising a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more extracted tickers; and

dispatching the generated text headline based on the category.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein generating the text headline associated with the electronic article using the headlining module by applying rules based on a source or a format of the electronic article comprises:

receiving a selection of the text headline from a plurality of pre-constructed headlines.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein the text headline comprises a token that is replaced with a defined value upon receiving a selection of the text headline.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, wherein classifying the electronic article into a category comprises:

classifying the electronic article into the category based on a subject matter of content of the electronic article.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 10, the operations further comprising:

generating metadata related to content of the electronic article; and

generating the text headline based on the metadata.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium as recited in claim 14, wherein the metadata comprises at least one of:

an identifier of the electronic article, a time that the electronic article was received, a source of the electronic article, and an extracted headline from the electronic article.

16. A system comprising:

a headlining station comprising;

an interface configured to receive an electronic article from an information source;

a preprocessing module for extracting one or more tickers from the electronic article and sending the electronic article to a headlining module;

the headlining module for generating a headline associated with the electronic article by applying rules based on a source or a format of the electronic article, the headline comprising a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more extracted tickers via a user interface;

a categorization module for classifying the electronic article into a category; and

a dispatching module for dispatching the generated headline based on the category.

17. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the headlining module is further for selecting the headline from a plurality of pre-constructed headlines via the user interface.

18. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the preprocessing module is further for determining a market capitalization of a corporation associated with the corporation name.

19. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein dispatching the generated headline based on the category comprises:

dispatching the generated headline to a customer associated with a news organization.

20. The system as recited in claim 16, wherein the information source is a news wire.