Method for identifying and ranking news sources
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1. A method of presenting news content to a user with a computing system comprising:
- a) determining a first user geographic region associated with the user;
b) automatically determining a target geographic region for a first event with the computing system by analyzing content for news stories relating to said first event;
c) determining if said first event in said target geographic region is related to said first user geographic region;
d) automatically selecting one or more local sources with the computing system to collect local content for stories associated with said first event;
wherein said one or more local sources include news sources within or proximate to said target geographic region;
e) presenting news stories to a user for said first user geographic region with the computing system within a graphical interface based on a news ranking determined for said news stories;
wherein for said presenting step (e) said local content from said local sources is given a higher news ranking than content from other reference content sources by the computing system at least for stories that are associated with said first event.
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Abstract
A search engine and/or news aggregator considers events and stories described in electronic documents, a location of a searcher/reviewer, and a situs associated with content of the document to determine how/if they should be presented to users.
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1. A method of presenting news content to a user with a computing system comprising:
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a) determining a first user geographic region associated with the user; b) automatically determining a target geographic region for a first event with the computing system by analyzing content for news stories relating to said first event; c) determining if said first event in said target geographic region is related to said first user geographic region; d) automatically selecting one or more local sources with the computing system to collect local content for stories associated with said first event; wherein said one or more local sources include news sources within or proximate to said target geographic region; e) presenting news stories to a user for said first user geographic region with the computing system within a graphical interface based on a news ranking determined for said news stories; wherein for said presenting step (e) said local content from said local sources is given a higher news ranking than content from other reference content sources by the computing system at least for stories that are associated with said first event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of presenting news content to a user with a computing system comprising:
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a) determining a first user geographic region associated with the user; b) identifying a first event, which first event is identified in electronic news coverage in a plurality of news stories from one or more content sources; c) automatically identifying a geographic region associated with said first event with the computing system based on analyzing content in said plurality of news stories describing said first event; d) determining if said first event in said target geographic region is related to said first user geographic region; e) based on the results of step (d) automatically selecting one or more local sources with the computing system to collect local content on such first event; wherein said one or more local sources include content sources selected at least in part based on their presence or proximity to said geographic region and/or prior reporting of events associated with said geographic region; f) presenting news for said first event to a user for said first user geographic region with the computing system within a graphical interface including from said one or more local sources; wherein said local content is given a news rank which is higher than ranking of reference content sources by the computing system at least when presenting said news on said first event to said user.
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14. A method of presenting news content to a user with a computing system within a graphical interface comprising:
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a) determining a first user geographic region associated with the user; b) identifying a first breaking news story containing content for a first event; wherein said first breaking news story is determined by the computing system to be a first instance of an electronic publication of content for said first event from a set of reference content sources; c) automatically determining a target region associated with said first event by analyzing content of said first breaking news story; d) determining if said first event in said target geographic region is related to said first user geographic region; e) automatically selecting one or more local sources with the computing system to collect local content for stories associated with said first event; wherein said one or more local sources include news sources within or proximate to said geographic region; f) automatically identifying story updates to said first event by examining content published electronically by said one or more local sources; wherein for said identifying step (f) said local content is given a news rank higher than rankings of content from other content sources at least for identifying story updates associated with said first event to be presented to the user for said first user geographic region within the graphical interface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of presenting news content to a user with a computing system comprising:
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a) automatically determining a target geographic region for a first event with the computing system by analyzing content for news stories relating to said first event; b) automatically selecting one or more local sources with the computing system to collect local content for stories associated with said first event; wherein said one or more local sources include news sources within or proximate to said target geographic region; c) presenting news stories to a user with the computing system within a graphical interface based on a news ranking determined for said news stories; wherein for said presenting step (c) said local content from said local sources is given a higher news ranking than content from other reference content sources by the computing system for stories that are associated with said first event; d) predicting and selecting a set of additional local sources based on a prediction of story developments for said first event. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of presenting news content to a user with a computing system within a graphical interface comprising:
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a) identifying a first breaking news story containing content for a first event; wherein said first breaking news story is determined by the computing system to be a first instance of an electronic publication of content for said first event from a set of reference content sources; b) automatically determining a target region associated with said first event by analyzing content of said first breaking news story; c) automatically selecting one or more local sources with the computing system to collect local content for stories associated with said first event; wherein said one or more local sources include news sources within or proximate to said geographic region; d) automatically identifying story updates to said first event by examining content published electronically by said one or more local sources; wherein for said identifying step (d) said local content is given a news rank higher than rankings of content from other content sources for identifying story updates associated with said first event to be presented to the user within the graphical interface; e) supplementing or verifying said story updates for said first event by soliciting feedback from human reporters within or proximate to said geographic region through a data capture interface. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35)
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