System and method for managing news headlines

• US 20060242158A1
• Filed: 10/13/2005
• Published: 10/26/2006
• 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., Reynolds, Kevin, Attanasio, Amy, Cook, Debra, Collier, Vincent
• Granted Patent: US 9,495,467 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 computerized system for providing headlines for articles, comprising:

a preprocessing module that processes an electronic article for which a headline is to be provided and provides metadata related to the content of the article; and

a headline-editing module that includes a plurality of tools related to creating a text headline, editing a text headline, or both, and a user interface that includes access to one or more of the plurality of tools and a display that includes the text headline and one or more of the plurality of tools;

wherein at least one of the plurality of tools uses some or all of the metadata provided by the preprocessing module.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a headline monitoring facility.

3. A system as in claim 2, wherein the headline-monitoring facility uses some or all of the metadata provided by the preprocessor and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

4. A system as in claim 1, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a window-based application interface, which exists in a window-based operating environment.

5. A system for providing headlines for articles and storing the articles, comprising:

a headlining module that receives an article and provides metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a headline related to the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating a headline;

a disposition module adapted to dispatch the headline to one or more consumers; and

a storage module that processes the article for storage and retrieval without impeding creation and/or distribution of the headline.

6. A system as in claim 5, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a headline monitoring facility.

7. A system as in claim 6, wherein the headline monitoring facility is adapted to use some or all of the provided metadata and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

8. A computerized system for providing headlines for articles relating to one or more of a plurality of subject matter categories, comprising:

at least one categorization module for determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles received by the system; and

a plurality of headlining modules;

wherein the at least one categorization module is adapted to provide, to one or more of the plurality of headlining modules as determined by the categorization module, an article received by the system and metadata useful for creating and/or editing a text headline related to the article, wherein the one or more of the plurality of headlining modules are selected by the at least one categorization module; and

wherein each headlining module that receives an article provides metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a headline related to the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating a headline.

9. A method of providing headlines for articles, comprising:

preprocessing an electronic article for which a headline is to be provided and providing metadata related to the content of the article;

providing a plurality of tools related to creating a text headline, editing a text headline, or both, and a user interface that includes access to one or more of the plurality of tools and a display that includes the text headline and one or more of the plurality of tools; and

using one or more of the plurality of tools to supply a headline;

wherein at least one of the plurality of tools uses some or all of the metadata provided through preprocessing.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the preprocessing of the received articles comprises recordation of one or more metadata selected from a group consisting of an article number, a time stamp, a news wire service provider, a headline, a ticker symbol, a corporation'"'"'s market capitalization, and a subject matter classifications.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising providing a headline monitoring facility for use in selecting one or more electronic articles for which headlines are to be provided.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a window-based application interface, which exists in a window-based operating environment.

12. The method of claim I 1, wherein the headline monitoring facility uses some or all of the metadata provided by the preprocessor and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

14. A method of providing headlines for articles and storing the articles, comprising:

providing a headline through use of a headlining module that receives an article and provides metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a headline related to the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating a headline;

dispatching the headline to one or more consumers; and

processing the article for storage and retrieval without impeding creation and/or distribution of the headline.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising providing a headline monitoring facility for use in selecting one or more electronic articles for which headlines are to be provided.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the headline monitoring facility uses some or all of the provided metadata and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein dispatching the headline to one or more consumers comprises distributing the headline directly or indirectly to a plurality of customers associated with a news organization.

18. A computerized method of providing headlines for articles relating to one or more of a plurality of subject matter categories, comprising:

determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles; and

providing a plurality of headlining modules;

wherein determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles is performed by at least one categorization module that is adapted to provide, to one or more of the plurality of headlining modules as determined by the categorization module, an article received by the system and metadata useful for creating and/or editing a text headline related to the article,

wherein the one or more of the plurality of headlining modules are selected by the at least one categorization module; and

wherein each headlining module that receives an article provides metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a headline related to the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating a headline.

19. A computer-readable medium or media with programming thereon for causing at least one computer system to perform functions comprising:

preprocessing an electronic article for which a headline is to be provided and providing metadata related to the content of the article;

providing a plurality of tools related to creating a text headline, editing a text headline, or both, and a user interface that includes access to one or more of the plurality of tools and a display that includes the text headline and one or more of the plurality of tools; and

in response to input from an editor, using one or more of the plurality of tools to supply a headline;

wherein at least one of the plurality of tools uses some or all of the metadata provided through preprocessing.

20. A computer-readable medium or media with programming thereon for causing at least one computer system to perform functions comprising:

providing a headline through use of a headlining module that receives an article and provides metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a headline related to the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating a headline;

dispatching the headline to one or more consumers; and

processing the article for storage and retrieval without impeding creation and/or distribution of the headline.

21. A computer-readable medium or media with programming thereon for causing at least one computer system to perform functions comprising:

determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles; and

providing a plurality of headlining modules;

wherein determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles is performed by at least one categorization module that is adapted to provide, to one or more of the plurality of headlining modules as determined by the categorization module, an article received by the system and metadata useful for creating and/or editing a text headline related to the article,

wherein the one or more of the plurality of headlining modules are selected by the at least one categorization module; and

wherein each headlining module that receives an article provides metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a headline related to the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating a headline.