System and method for recommending content sources
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1. A method of recommending entities to a user for inclusion as content contributors for a datastream using a networked computing system comprising:
- a. automatically identifying with the networked computing system an information contribution provided by each of a base set of content contributing entities selected manually by the user in a white list;
b. in response to a user request for suggestions for a first additional content contributing entity for inclusion on said white list, automatically comparing with the networked computing system content contributed by said base set of content contributing entities with content contributed by a plurality of candidate additional content contributing entities;
c. automatically recommending to said user with the networked computing system a recommendation that one or more selected ones of said plurality of candidate additional content contributing entities be included or excluded from said white list based on a measured overlap in information content between said first additional contributing entity and said one or more of said plurality of additional candidate content contributing entities;
d. in response to the user selecting one or more additional content contributing entities intended as information sources for the datastream, generating a visual display output for the user indicating graphically;
i. a first predicted change in coverage in the user'"'"'s datastream for first content associated with a first topic based on adding or removing one or more first content contributing entities; and
ii. a second predicted change in coverage in the user'"'"'s datastream for second content that is not associated with said first topic based on adding or removing said one or more first content contributing entities;
wherein the user is presented with a visual diagram of changes predicted in the user'"'"'s datastream as a result of content contributions of a user selected content contributing entity.
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Abstract
A networked computer system identifies, optimizes and recommends content sources for users. The content sources can be used for providing news feeds, search results, etc. based on taking into net useful content contributed by such sources over other sources.
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1. A method of recommending entities to a user for inclusion as content contributors for a datastream using a networked computing system comprising:
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a. automatically identifying with the networked computing system an information contribution provided by each of a base set of content contributing entities selected manually by the user in a white list; b. in response to a user request for suggestions for a first additional content contributing entity for inclusion on said white list, automatically comparing with the networked computing system content contributed by said base set of content contributing entities with content contributed by a plurality of candidate additional content contributing entities; c. automatically recommending to said user with the networked computing system a recommendation that one or more selected ones of said plurality of candidate additional content contributing entities be included or excluded from said white list based on a measured overlap in information content between said first additional contributing entity and said one or more of said plurality of additional candidate content contributing entities; d. in response to the user selecting one or more additional content contributing entities intended as information sources for the datastream, generating a visual display output for the user indicating graphically; i. a first predicted change in coverage in the user'"'"'s datastream for first content associated with a first topic based on adding or removing one or more first content contributing entities; and ii. a second predicted change in coverage in the user'"'"'s datastream for second content that is not associated with said first topic based on adding or removing said one or more first content contributing entities; wherein the user is presented with a visual diagram of changes predicted in the user'"'"'s datastream as a result of content contributions of a user selected content contributing entity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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12. A method of recommending entities to a user for inclusion as content contributors related to target topics in a datastream comprising:
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a. receiving an indication of a first target topic and a second target topic from the user; b. automatically identifying with the networked computing system an information contribution provided by each of a set of content contributing entities for both said first target topic and said second target topic; c. automatically recommending to said user with the networked computing system a subset of said set of content contributing entities based on said measured information contribution for both said first target topic and said second target topic; d. in response to the user selecting one or more additional content contributing entities intended as information sources for the datastream, generating a visual display output for said user indicating graphically; i. a first predicted change in coverage in the datastream for first content associated with at least one of said first target topic and second target topic based on adding or removing individual content contributing entities; and ii. a second predicted change in coverage in the datastream for second content that is not associated with at least one of said first target topic and second target topic based on adding or removing individual content contributing entities; wherein said user is presented with a visual diagram of changes predicted in the datastream as a result of content contributions of a content contributing entity. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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13. A method of recommending entities to a user for inclusion as content contributors related to a topic in a datastream comprising:
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a. receiving an indication of a target content topic and a target topic content coverage value from the user; b. automatically identifying with the networked computing system an information contribution value provided by each of a set of content contributing entities for said target content topic; c. automatically generating with the networked computing system an initial subset of said set of content contributing entities which achieve said target content coverage value based on said measured information contribution; d. configuring and adapting the user'"'"'s datastream with the computing system to include content from said initial subset of content contributing entities; e. in response to the user selecting one or more additional content contributing entities intended as information sources for the datastream, generating a visual display output for said user indicating graphically; i. a first predicted change in coverage in the datastream for first content associated with said target topic based on adding or removing individual content contributing entities; and ii. a second predicted change in coverage in the datastream for second content that is not associated with said first topic based on adding or removing individual content contributing entities; wherein said user is presented with a visual diagram identifying changes predicted to result for the user'"'"'s datastream caused by content contributions of a content contributing entity. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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