CANDIDATE FACT CHECKING METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20120317046A1
• Filed: 08/02/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Myslinski, Lucas J.
• Application Number:
  US13/565,013
• Publication Number:
  US 20120317046A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/329
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A candidate fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information related to a candidate by comparing the information with one or more sources. The candidate fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information.

Claims

1. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:

a. automatically detecting candidate information about a political candidate;

b. automatically processing the candidate information; and

c. automatically presenting supplemental information about the candidate.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein processing comprises classifying the candidate information.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising fact checking the candidate information by comparing the processed candidate information with source information, and the supplemental information comprises a result of the fact checking.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising searching for the supplemental information.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the candidate information comprises a political advertisement.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting includes at least one of voice recognition, face recognition, and name recognition.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting includes detecting an entity associated with the candidate.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information comprises a campaign contribution implementation enabling a user to contribute to a campaign of the candidate.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information comprises a single click campaign contribution implementation enabling a user to contribute to a campaign of the candidate.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information includes a list of positions of the candidate on issues in a ranked order.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information comprises statistics related to the candidate.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information is presented on the device, and the candidate information is presented on a second device.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the candidate information and the supplemental information are presented on the same device.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information is based on the candidate and a detected keyword in the candidate information.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information is based on the candidate and a viewer'"'"'s political classification.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the supplemental information is based on the candidate and user preferences.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein the candidate information comprises an advertisement, and the supplemental information comprises an accuracy rating of the advertisement.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the candidate information includes a candidate comment, and further comprising classifying and storing the candidate comment in a classification.

19. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:

a. automatically detecting candidate information about a political candidate including detecting the candidate using face recognition;

b. automatically processing the candidate information including converting the candidate information into searchable information;

c. automatically fact checking the searchable information by comparing the searchable information with source information; and

d. automatically presenting supplemental information based on a result of the comparison of the searchable information and the source information.

20. A device comprising:

a. a non-transitory memory for storing an application for automatically performing the following steps;

i. detecting a political candidate; and

ii. presenting supplemental information about the political candidate; and

b. a processor for processing the application.