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Temporal document verifier and method

  • US 9,244,968 B2
  • Filed: 08/14/2008
  • Issued: 01/26/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of automatically verifying temporal characteristics of electronic documents with a computing system comprising:

  • a. identifying at least a first event having first content embodied in a first electronic document with the computing system;

    wherein said first electronic document is associated with a first source;

    b. analyzing said first electronic document with the computing system to identify first temporal components;

    wherein said first temporal components relate to a state of said first event, and wherein said first temporal component is other than a creation time and/or a publication time associated with said first electronic document;

    c. calculating a temporal value for said first electronic document with the computing system, which temporal value relates to an absolute time characteristic of said event;

    d. automatically verifying said temporal value of said first electronic document with the computing system by querying sources separate from said first source;

    wherein said temporal value is only tentatively assigned until it can be confirmed with a desired confidence level.

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