Method of and system for fact checking recorded information

• US 8,862,505 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2013
• Issued: 10/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Myslinski, Lucas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Airapetian, Mila
• Application Number:
  US13/946,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20130308920A1
• Time in Patent Office: 452 Days
• Field of Search: 705/26.1
• US Class Current: 705/26.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/583 using metadata automatically derived from the content
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7837 using objects detected or recognised in the video content
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/018 Certifying business or products
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0625 Directed, with specific intent or strategy
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/02 using automatic reactions or user delegation, e.g. automatic replies or chatbot-generated messages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/063 Content adaptation, e.g. replacement of unsuitable content
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/258 Client or end-user data management, e.g. managing client capabilities, user preferences or demographics, processing of multiple end-users preferences to derive collaborative data arrangements for services using the result on the distributing side of broadcast systems H04H60/66; profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/30

Abstract

A fact checking system verifies the correctness of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The 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 digital video recording device comprising:

a. automatically recording broadcast information with the digital video recording device;

b. automatically fact checking the recorded broadcast information to determine a factual accuracy of the recorded broadcast information by comparing the recorded broadcast information with source information; and

c. automatically indicating a status of the recorded broadcast information in real-time of playback of the recorded broadcast information based on a result of the comparison of the recorded broadcast information with the source information.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

automatically converting the recorded broadcast information into searchable information; and

analyzing the searchable information.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising enabling searching of the searchable information by a user.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising playing the recorded broadcast information at a location of a search word or phrase in the searchable information.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein every instance of a search word or phrase is found in the searchable information to enable jumping to each instance in the recorded broadcast information.

6. The method of claim 2 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises detecting a keyword in the searchable information.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the keyword is a user-input keyword.

8. The method of claim 6 wherein the keyword is automatically determined based on previous searches by a user.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the keyword is automatically determined based on trending information.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising alerting a user when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.

11. The method of claim 6 further comprising automatically changing a channel when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.

12. The method of claim 6 further comprising displaying a picture-in-picture window of a channel containing the keyword when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.

13. The method of claim 6 further comprising playing an audible alert when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.

14. The method of claim 6 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises detecting a word related to the keyword.

15. The method of claim 2 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises detecting a match of an image.

16. The method of claim 2 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises determining a commercial has ended and alerting a user.

17. The method of claim 1 wherein fact checking occurs in background processing.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein fact checking utilizes a plurality of sources, and each source of the plurality of sources has a reliability rating based on the accuracy of the information within each source of the plurality of sources, wherein the accuracy is determined based on previous fact checking results, wherein a first source with a first reliability rating is given more weight during fact checking than a second source with a second reliability rating lower than the first reliability rating, wherein each source of the plurality of sources with the reliability rating below a threshold is not used in fact checking.

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

a. automatically fact checking recorded broadcast information to determine a factual accuracy of the recorded broadcast information by comparing the recorded broadcast information with source information; and

b. automatically indicating a status of the recorded broadcast information in real-time of playback of the recorded broadcast information based on a result of the comparison of the recorded broadcast information with the source information.

20. A device comprising:

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

i. recording broadcast information, wherein the recorded broadcast information comprises an entire program;

ii. fact checking the recorded broadcast information to determine a factual accuracy of the recorded broadcast information by comparing the recorded broadcast information with source information;

iii. indicating a status of the recorded broadcast information in real-time of playback of the recorded broadcast information based on a result of the comparison of the recorded broadcast information with the source information;

iv. enabling searching of the recorded broadcast information; and

v. playing the recorded broadcast information at a location of a search word or phrase in the recorded broadcast information; and

b. a processor for processing the application.