CONTENT PROCESSING SYSTEMS AND METHODS

• US 20150149447A1
• Filed: 08/11/2014
• Published: 05/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
• Inventors: Nitz, Kenneth C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,245,001 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/722
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A content processing system may include any of a number of content processing techniques such as condensed content management, multi-content compilation management, associated content compilation management, recommended content management, and content cluster management.

Claims

1. A machine-controlled method, comprising:

a computing device receiving a first content pertaining to an event;

the computing device determining identification information corresponding to the first content;

the computing device determining at least one topic associated with the first content;

the computing device searching for and retrieving at least a second content based at least in part on the identification information and the at least one topic;

the computing device adding at least one of a tag, a timestamp, and a comment to the at least a second content;

the computing device incorporating the at least a second content into an associated content compilation; and

storing the associated content compilation.

2. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, wherein the searching for and retrieving comprises retrieving a plurality of secondary contents, and further comprising the computing device selecting less than a totality of the plurality of secondary contents.

3. The machine-controlled method of claim 2, wherein the selecting comprises the computing device assigning a relevance value to each of the plurality of secondary contents.

4. The machine-controlled method of claim 3, wherein the selecting further comprises the computing device selecting each of the plurality of secondary contents having a relevance value exceeding a particular threshold.

5. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising:

the computing device separating the at least a second content into a plurality of sub-portions;

the computing device identifying a first sub-plurality of the sub-portions that each have at least one of a plurality of heuristically derived words, a second sub-plurality of sub-portions comprising the sub-portions that are not within the first sub-plurality; and

the computing device extracting at least some of the first sub-plurality of sub-portions from the content, wherein the incorporating comprises the computing device organizing the extracted ones of the first sub-plurality of sub-portions into a condensed content.

6. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a third content pertaining to the event.

7. The machine-controlled method of claim 6, further comprising:

the computing device determining identification information corresponding to the third content;

the computing device determining at least one topic associated with the third content;

the computing device searching for and retrieving at least a fourth content based at least in part on the identification information and the at least one topic;

the computing device incorporating the third content and the at least a fourth content into the associated content compilation.

8. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the associated content compilation to a user.

9. The machine-controlled method of claim 8, wherein the presenting comprises displaying the associated content compilation on a display coupled with the computing device.

10. The machine-controlled method of claim 9, further comprising another computing device retrieving the associated content compilation, wherein the presenting comprises displaying the associated content compilation on a display coupled with the other computing device.

11. The machine-controlled method of claim 8, wherein the associated content compilation is arranged in a descending chronological manner.

12. The machine-controlled method of claim 8, wherein the associated content compilation is structured such that the at least a second content is viewable by a user before the first content is viewable by the user.

13. A machine-controlled method, comprising:

a computing device presenting to a user a plurality of contents pertaining to an event;

the computing device receiving from the user one of a positive indication and a negative indication for each of the plurality of contents;

the computing device evaluating each of the plurality of contents based on the received indication;

the computing device determining a word score for each of a plurality of particular words based on results of the evaluating, wherein each of the plurality of contents comprises at least one of the plurality of particular words;

the computing device monitoring at least one content accessed by the user, the at least one monitored content pertaining to the event;

the computing device creating a listing of recommended contents by correlating each of the word scores, and the at least one monitored content; and

storing the listing of recommended contents.

14. A machine-controlled method, comprising:

storing a plurality of content cluster words, each content cluster word having an association with at least one of a plurality of previously analyzed contents;

storing a plurality of content clusters, each content cluster having an association with at least one of a plurality of previously analyzed contents and at least one of the plurality of content cluster words;

a computing device receiving a content;

the computing device identifying at least one of a plurality of content identifying words within the received content; and

the computing device classifying the received content into at least one of the plurality of content clusters based on the at least one of the plurality of content identifying words within the received content.

15. The machine-controlled method of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of content cluster words has a cluster word count.

16. The machine-controlled method of claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of content clusters is a content listing comprising the at least one of the plurality of previously analyzed contents associated with the corresponding content cluster.

17. The machine-controlled method of claim 14, further comprising creating a new content cluster within the plurality of content clusters.

18. The machine-controlled method of claim 14, further comprising treating at least one synonym of one of the plurality of content cluster words as the corresponding one of the plurality of content cluster words.

19. The machine-controlled method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of content clusters are stored at a remote storage device.

20. One or more tangible machine-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to perform the machine-controlled method of claim 14.