Method and System for Providing Machine-Readable News content

• US 20080222563A1
• Filed: 03/06/2007
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dow Jones and Company (News Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Dow Jones and Company (News Corporation)
• Inventors: Prinsky, Robert D.
• Application Number:
  US11/682,876
• Publication Number:
  US 20080222563A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions

Abstract

The present invention relates generally to a method and system for providing machine-readable news content to potential users of such information. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and system for selecting news content, entering it into a computer file, converting it to a machine-readable format, and providing the resulting machine-readable data to potential users of the news content.

Claims

1. A process for providing machine-readable news content comprising:

selecting news content to provide;

entering elements of the selected news content into a computer file via a graphical user interface;

using a computer program to generate a news message in machine-readable format using the entered elements; and

electronically delivering the news message in machine-readable format to a potential user of such news content.

2. The process of claim 1, wherein the news content includes economic indicator data.

3. The process of claim 2, wherein the economic indicator data is United States Consumer Price Index information.

4. The process of claim 1, wherein the news message in machine-readable format is delivered by a low-latency feed.

5. The process of claim 1, further comprising adding metadata to the news message in machine-readable format.

6. The process of claim 5, wherein the metadata indicates the significance of the news content.

7. The process of claim 5, wherein the metadata indicates the age of the news content.

8. The process of claim 5, wherein the metadata indicates the schedule status of the news content.

9. The process of claim 5, wherein the metadata indicates the surprise status of the news content.

10. The process of claim 5, wherein the metadata identifies anomalous news content.

11. The process of claim 1, further comprising archiving the news message in machine-readable format.

12. A process for providing machine-readable news content comprising:

selecting news content to provide;

entering elements of the selected news content into a computer file via a graphical user interface;

using a computer program to generate a news message in machine-readable format using the entered elements;

using a computer program to generate a news message in free-text format using the entered elements;

delivering the news message in machine-readable format to potential users of such news content; and

delivering the news message in free-text format to potential users of such news content.

13. The process of claim 12, wherein the news content includes economic indicator data.

14. The process of claim 13, wherein the economic indicator data is United States Consumer Price Index information.

15. The process of claim 12, wherein the news message in machine-readable format is delivered by a low-latency feed.

16. The process of claim 12, further comprising adding metadata to the news message in machine-readable format.

17. The process of claim 16, wherein the metadata indicates the significance of the news content.

18. The process of claim 16, wherein the metadata indicates the age of the news content.

19. The process of claim 16, wherein the metadata indicates the schedule status of the news content.

20. The process of claim 16, wherein the metadata indicates the surprise status of the news content.

21. The process of claim 16, wherein the metadata identifies anomalous news content.

22. A system for providing machine-readable news content comprising:

a computer including a display and an input device;

a computer program capable of presenting a graphical user interface to an operator, such graphical user interface enabling the operator to enter elements of news content into a computer file;

a computer program capable of generating a news message in machine-readable format using the entered elements; and

means for electronically providing such news messages in machine-readable format to potential users.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the computer program capable of generating a news message in machine-readable format is also capable of generating a news message in free-text format using the entered elements.

24. The system of claim 23 further comprising means for electronically providing such news messages in free-text format to potential users.

25. A computerized method for delivering machine readable news, comprising:

receiving news content at a computer;

generating a news message in machine readable format based at least in part on the received news content; and

transmitting at least a portion of the generated news message in machine-readable format to a third party.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising adding metadata to the news message in machine-readable format to signify a level of importance to the news.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the act of adding metadata to the news message in machine-readable format to signify a level of importance comprises adding data that identifies the news content as at least one of high, medium, low, or don'"'"'t know the significance.

28. Software for delivering news message in machine-readable format, comprising:

computer instructions configured to cause a computer to receive news content;

computer instructions configured to cause a computer to generate a news message in machine-readable format based at least in part on the received news content; and

means for transmitting at least a portion of the generated news message in machine-readable format to a third party.

29. The software of claim 28, wherein the means for transmitting is a low-latency feed.

30. The software of claim 28, wherein the means for transmitting is a network feed.

31. The software of claim 28, further comprising computer instructions configured to cause a computer to receive data indicating a significance of at least a portion of the received news content.

32. The software of claim 31, wherein the data indicating significance of at least a portion of the received news content comprises a metatag indicating the significance as at least one of high, medium, low, and don'"'"'t know.

33. Software for delivering news message in machine-readable format, comprising:

computer instructions configured to cause a computer to receive news content;

computer instructions configured to cause a computer to generate a news message in machine-readable format based at least in part on the received news content; and

computer instructions configured to cause a computer to transmit at least a portion of the generated machine readable news to a third party.

34. A process for providing machine-readable news content comprising:

a graphical user interface receiving news content from an operator;

the graphical user interface generating a news message in machine-readable format upon receiving an instruction from the operator; and

electronically delivering the news message in machine-readable format to a potential user of such news content.