ON-DEMAND NEWS SERVICE BASED ON END-USER REQUESTED AND GENERATED CONTENT
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1. A method comprising:
- (a) receiving a content query from a user computing device in communication with a news system;
(b) processing the content query to determine if content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system;
(c) if the content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system, then transmitting the content to the user computing device; and
(d) if the content corresponding to the content query is not available on the news system, then;
(i) updating a popularity indicator related to the content; and
(ii) if the popularity indicator exceeds a predetermined popularity threshold value, selecting at least one wireless feeder device in communication with the news system and transmitting a content request to the at least one wireless feeder device.
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Abstract
A news system, user computing devices, and wireless feeder devices communicate through a network to provide on-demand news content to users of the user computing devices. The users of the user computing device'"'"'s requests play an active role in guiding the generation of news content for the news system. Users may also use a miss indication button to play an active role in the on-demand news service. Furthermore, user'"'"'s prior content queries are used to enhance the semantical and geographical analysis of current content queries to locate relevant content.
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving a content query from a user computing device in communication with a news system; (b) processing the content query to determine if content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system; (c) if the content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system, then transmitting the content to the user computing device; and (d) if the content corresponding to the content query is not available on the news system, then; (i) updating a popularity indicator related to the content; and (ii) if the popularity indicator exceeds a predetermined popularity threshold value, selecting at least one wireless feeder device in communication with the news system and transmitting a content request to the at least one wireless feeder device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising:
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a network communication unit; a storage unit; and a processor coupled to the storage unit and programmed with computer-executable instructions to perform a method comprising; (a) receiving a content query from a user computing device in communication with a news system; (b) processing the content query to determine if content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system; (c) if the content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system, then transmitting the content to the user computing device; and (d) if the content corresponding to the content query is not available on the news system, then; (i) updating a popularity indicator related to the content; (ii) if the popularity indicator exceeds a predetermined popularity threshold value, selecting at least one wireless feeder device in communication with the news system, transmitting a content request to the at least one wireless feeder device, and transmitting an indication of a qualified miss; and (iii) if the popularity indicator does not exceed a predetermined popularity threshold value, transmitting an indication of a miss. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus comprising:
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a display unit; an input unit, the input unit having a miss indicator button; a network communication unit; a storage unit; and a processor coupled to the storage unit and programmed with computer-executable instructions to perform a method comprising; transmitting a content query to a news system using the network communication unit; in response to transmitting a content query, receiving and displaying on the display unit content from the news system if the content query corresponds to content on the news system; and transmitting a miss indication message to the news system in response to the miss indication button being pressed. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
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(a) receiving a content query from a user computing device in communication with a news system; (b) processing the content query to determine if content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system; (c) if the content corresponding to the content query is available on the news system, then transmitting the content to the user computing device; and (d) if the content corresponding to the content query is not available on the news system, then; (i) updating a popularity indicator related to the content; (ii) if the popularity indicator exceeds a predetermined popularity threshold value, selecting at least one wireless feeder device in communication with the news system and transmitting a content request to the at least one wireless feeder device; (iii) transmitting an indication of a miss if the popularity indicator does not exceed a predetermined popularity threshold value; and (iv) transmitting an indication of a qualified miss if the popularity indicator exceeds a predetermined threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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