Analyzing News Content Information

• US 20110320543A1
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Published: 12/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Bendel, Timothy J., Ghosh, Debashis, Joa, David, Newman, Kurt D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,359,362 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/345 Summarisation for human users
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/30 Semantic analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A system and method for analyzing news content information is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes receiving a first electronic data from a first news source, wherein the first electronic data is associated with a particular news event and receiving a second electronic data from a second news source, wherein the second electronic data is associated with the particular news event. The method also includes comparing the first and second electronic data and based on the comparison, assigning a numerical value to at least one of the first and second electronic data. The method further includes based on the numerical value assigned to at least one of the first and second electronic data, generating a third electronic data and transmitting the third electronic data to a user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving first electronic data from a first news source, wherein the first electronic data is associated with a particular news event;

receiving second electronic data from a second news source, wherein the second electronic data is associated with the particular news event;

comparing the first and second electronic data;

based on the comparison, assigning a numerical value to at least one of the first and second electronic data;

based on the numerical value assigned to at least one of the first and second electronic data, generating third electronic data;

transmitting the third electronic data to a user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first and second electronic data comprises determining whether the first electronic data and the second electronic data include common elements.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein generating the third electronic data comprises generating a summary of the first electronic data and the second electronic data that includes the common elements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first and second electronic data comprises determining whether the first electronic data includes information not included in the second electronic data.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein generating the third electronic data comprises generating the third electronic data that includes information included in the first electronic data and not included in the second electronic data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining whether the first news source or the second news source generates fourth electronic data associated with the news event; and

based on the determination, receiving the fourth electronic data.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein comparing the first and second electronic data comprises applying a selected one of linguistic and grammatical analysis to the first electronic data and the second electronic data.

8. A system, comprising:

a memory operable to;

store first electronic data received from a first news source, wherein the first electronic data is associated with a particular news event; and

store second electronic data received from a second news source, wherein the second electronic data is associated with the particular news event; and

a processor coupled to the memory and operable to;

compare the first and second electronic data;

based on the comparison, assign a numerical value to at least one of the first and second electronic data;

based on the numerical value assigned to at least one of the first and second electronic data, generate third electronic data; and

transmit the third electronic data to a user.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is operable to compare the first and second electronic data by determining whether the first electronic data and the second electronic data include common elements.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor is operable to generate the third electronic data by generating a summary of the first electronic data and the second electronic data that includes the common elements.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is operable to compare the first and second electronic data by determining whether the first electronic data includes information not included in the second electronic data.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the processor is operable generate the third electronic data by generating third electronic data that includes information included in the first electronic data and not included in the second electronic data.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further operable to:

determine whether the first news source or the second news source generates fourth electronic data associated with the news event; and

wherein the memory is operable to, based on the determination, store the fourth electronic data.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is operable to compare the first and second electronic data by applying a selected one of linguistic and grammatical analysis to the first electronic data and the second electronic data.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with logic, the logic operable, when executed on a processor to:

receive first electronic data from a first news source, wherein the first electronic data is associated with a particular news event;

receive second electronic data from a second news source, wherein the second electronic data is associated with the particular news event;

compare the first and second electronic data;

based on the comparison, assign a numerical value to at least one of the first and second electronic data;

based on the numerical value assigned to at least one of the first and second electronic data, generate third electronic data; and

transmit the third electronic data to a user.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the logic is operable to:

compare the first and second electronic data by determining whether the first electronic data and the second electronic data include common elements; and

generate a third electronic data by generating a summary of the first electronic data and the second electronic data that includes the common elements.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the logic is operable to compare the first and second electronic data by determining whether the first electronic data includes information not included in the second electronic data.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the logic is operable generate the third electronic data by generating third electronic data that includes information included in the first electronic data and not included in the second electronic data.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the processor is further operable to:

determine whether the first news source or the second news source generates fourth electronic data associated with the news event; and

wherein the memory is operable to, based on the determination, store the fourth electronic data.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the logic is operable to compare the first and second electronic data by applying a selected one of linguistic and grammatical analysis to the first electronic data and the second electronic data.