Method and apparatus for displaying information relating to a story and a story indicator in a computer system
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1. A method of displaying information relating to a news story by a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving said news story;
determining a location corresponding to the geographic location where said news story originated;
displaying a story indicator on a map using said location, such that said story indicator is placed at said location corresponding to the geographic location where said news story originated; and
fading said story indicator on said map using a fade rate determined by said computer system.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for displaying information relating to a news story in a computer system. A computer system receives a news story, determines a corresponding geographical location to the location of the news story, and displays a story indicator on a map using the location corresponding to the news story, such that the information displayed relates to the news story and the story indicator. The story indicator displayed on the map also fades, where the fade rate is a function of the aging of the news story.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of displaying information relating to a news story by a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said news story; determining a location corresponding to the geographic location where said news story originated; displaying a story indicator on a map using said location, such that said story indicator is placed at said location corresponding to the geographic location where said news story originated; and fading said story indicator on said map using a fade rate determined by said computer system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for displaying a plurality of story indicators on a map, said apparatus including:
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a network connection that receives a plurality of news stories, each news story of said plurality of news stories including a location name and a body of information; a memory that contains said plurality of news stories; a display that displays said map with said plurality of story indicators; an input device that allows a portion of said map to be selected for viewing in said display; and
,a processor being coupled to said network connection, said input device and said memory, said processor generates said plurality of story indicators using said plurality of news stories, each story indicator of said plurality of story indicators being generated from said location name of said each news story of said plurality of news stories, said processor further signaling said display to display said plurality of story indicators and fading said plurality of story indicators, to correspond to aging of said news stories. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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9. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein each story indicator of said plurality of story indicators is displayed at a location on said map corresponding to said location name.
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14. A method of accessing a plurality of news stories in a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
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detecting a selection of an area of interest, said area of interest being a portion of a map including a set of story indicators, each story indicator of said set of story indicators corresponding to a news story of a set of news stories and fading at a rate corresponding to the age of the news story; determining a subset of news stories of said set of news stories, each news story in said subset of news stories having a location within said area of interest; and
,displaying said subset of news stories. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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17. A method of providing at least a visual display of a geographic location of a news story through a computer system, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving said news story from a remote source; determining the geographic location where said news story originated; displaying a story indicator on a map using said geographic location, such that said story indicator is placed at said geographic location where said news story originated; and fading said story indicator at a rate corresponding to aging of said news story. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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