Temporal Document Sorter and Method Using Semantic Decoding and Prediction
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1. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
- a) identifying at least a first event having first content embodied in a first electronic document with the computing system;
b) analyzing said first electronic document with the computing system to identify first temporal components;
wherein said first temporal components relate to a state of said first event;
c) determining first semantic variants of said first temporal components with the computing system;
d) analyzing a second electronic document with the computing system to identify second content related to said at least first event;
e) comparing said second content to identify counterparts of said first temporal components and/or said first semantic variants;
f) generating an output identifying which of said first and second electronic documents contains content describing a more current state of said first event.
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Abstract
Electronic documents are classified and compared according to their temporal qualities. The content of a document relating to an event is analyzed to identify temporal components, including semantic counterparts. These components can be compared with corresponding counterparts in other documents to identify a relative temporal order, and/or to generate predictions of future news stories. The invention can be used in environments such as automated news aggregators, search engines, and other electronic systems which compile information having temporal qualities.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
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a) identifying at least a first event having first content embodied in a first electronic document with the computing system; b) analyzing said first electronic document with the computing system to identify first temporal components; wherein said first temporal components relate to a state of said first event; c) determining first semantic variants of said first temporal components with the computing system; d) analyzing a second electronic document with the computing system to identify second content related to said at least first event; e) comparing said second content to identify counterparts of said first temporal components and/or said first semantic variants; f) generating an output identifying which of said first and second electronic documents contains content describing a more current state of said first event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of automatically sorting electronic documents by their temporal characteristics with a computing system comprising:
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a) identifying at least a first event having first content embodied in a first electronic document with the computing system; b) analyzing said first electronic document with the computing system to identify a first set of temporal components; wherein said first set of temporal components relate to a first state of said first event; c) generating a second predicted set of temporal components relating to a different predicted state of said first event with the computing system; d) generating a search query with the computing system to locate additional electronic documents with content relating to said different state of said first event. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 18)
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13. A method of identifying electronic news stories with a computing system comprising:
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a) identifying at least a first event having first content embodied in a first news story with the computing system; b) analyzing said first news story with the computing system to identify a first state of said first event and a first locale associated with said event; c) generating a second different predicted state of said first event with the computing system; d) collecting content from news sources located geographically proximate to said first locale to identify additional news stories related to said second different predicted state of said first event. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 19)
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