System and method for managing news headlines

• US 9,495,467 B2
• Filed: 10/13/2005
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bloomberg Finance LP (Bloomberg LP)
• Original Assignee: Bloomberg Finance LP (Bloomberg LP)
• Inventors: Ursitti, Michael A., Collier, Vincent, Cook, Debra, Attanasio, Amy, Reynolds, Kevin
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Manglesh M
• Application Number:
  US11/250,829
• Publication Number:
  US 20060242158A1
• Time in Patent Office: 4,051 Days
• Field of Search: 715/210, 715/200, 715/255
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/258 Heading extraction; Automatic titling; Numbering
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/295 Named entity recognition
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0201 Market modelling; Market analysis; Collecting market data

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided related to a news-editing environment that may facilitate expedited editing, creation, and dispatching of news headlines. Articles are acquired from a plurality of information sources, preprocessed, and then queued for creation of a headline by one or more editors. Metadata may also be associated with an article, a headline, or both. Once a headline has been composed, the editor dispatches it, and the headline may subsequently be send to one or more consumers.

Claims

1. A computerized system for providing headlines for articles, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, operatively coupled to at least one of the processors and encoded with instructions that comprise;

a preprocessing module for processing an electronic article for which a text headline is to be provided by generating metadata related to content of the article and by extracting one or more tickers from the electronic article; and

a headline-editing module that includes;

a plurality of tools related to at least one of creating the text headline and editing the text headline, and

a user interface for providing access to one or more of the plurality of tools, the user interface including a display that includes the text headline and the one or more of the plurality of tools;

wherein at least one of the plurality of tools uses at least some of the metadata generated by the preprocessing module in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers using the user interface.

2. A system as in claim 1, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a headline monitoring facility.

3. A system as in claim 2, wherein the headline-monitoring facility uses at least some of the metadata generated by the preprocessing module and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

4. A system as in claim 1, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a window-based application interface, which exists in a window-based operating environment.

5. A computerized system for providing headlines for articles and storing the articles, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, operatively coupled to at least one of the processors and encoded with instructions that comprise;

a headlining module for receiving an article, generating metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating a text headline related to the article, and extracting one or more tickers from the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating the text headline in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers;

a disposition module adapted to dispatch the text headline to one or more consumers; and

a storage module that processes the article for storage and retrieval without impeding creation and/or distribution of the text headline.

6. A computerized system as in claim 5, wherein the headline-editing module comprises a headline monitoring facility.

7. A computerized system as in claim 6, wherein the headline monitoring facility is adapted to use at least some of the generated metadata and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

8. A computerized system for providing headlines for articles relating to one or more of a plurality of subject matter categories, comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media, operatively coupled to at least one of the processors and encoded with instructions that comprise;

at least one categorization module for determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles received by the system; and

a plurality of headlining modules;

wherein the at least one categorization module is adapted to provide, to one or more of the plurality of headlining modules as determined by the categorization module, an article received by the system and metadata useful for creating and/or editing a text headline related to the article, wherein the one or more of the plurality of headlining modules are selected by the at least one categorization module; and

wherein each headlining module that receives the article generates metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating the text headline related to the article, and extracts one or more tickers from the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating the text headline in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers.

9. A method of providing headlines for articles, comprising:

preprocessing an electronic article for which a text headline is to be provided by generating metadata related to content of the article and by extracting one or more tickers from the article;

providing a plurality of tools related to at least one of creating the text headline and editing the text headline, and a user interface for providing access to one or more of the plurality of tools, the user interface including a display that includes the text headline and one or more of the plurality of tools; and

using the one or more of the plurality of tools to supply the text headline;

wherein at least one of the plurality of tools uses at least some of the metadata generated by the preprocessing in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers using the user interface.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the preprocessing of the electronic article comprises a recordation of one or more metadata selected from a group consisting of an article number, a time stamp, a news wire service provider, the text headline, the ticker, a corporation'"'"'s market capitalization, and a subject matter classification.

11. The method of claim 9, comprising providing a headline monitoring facility for use in selecting one or more electronic articles for which text headlines are to be provided.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the headline monitoring facility uses at least some of the metadata generated by the preprocessing and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the user interface comprises a window-based application interface, which exists in a window-based operating environment.

14. A method of providing headlines for articles and storing the articles, comprising:

providing a text headline related to an article through use of a headlining module that receives the article, generates metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating the text headline, and extracts one or more tickers from the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a editor in creating the text headline in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers;

dispatching the text headline to one or more consumers; and

processing the article for storage and retrieval without impeding creation and/or distribution of the text headline.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising providing a headline monitoring facility for use in selecting one or more electronic articles for which text headlines are to be provided.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the headline monitoring facility uses at least some of the generated metadata and comprises a display that includes information associated with one or more articles to assist an editor in prioritizing the one or more articles for headlining.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein dispatching the text headline to one or more consumers comprises distributing the text headline directly or indirectly to a plurality of customers associated with a news organization.

18. A computerized method of providing headlines for articles relating to one or more of a plurality of subject matter categories, comprising:

determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles;

providing a plurality of headlining modules;

wherein determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles is performed by at least one categorization module that is adapted to provide, to one or more of the plurality of headlining modules as determined by the categorization module, an article received by the system and metadata useful for creating and/or editing a text headline related to the article;

wherein the one or more of the plurality of headlining modules are selected by the at least one categorization module; and

wherein each headlining module that receives the article generates metadata related to text in the article, useful for creating the text headline, and extracts one or more tickers from the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating the text headline in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with programming thereon for causing at least one computer system to perform functions comprising:

preprocessing an electronic article for which a text headline is to be provided by generating metadata related to content of the article and by extracting, one or more tickers from the article;

providing a plurality of tools related to at least one of creating a text headline and editing a text headline, and a user interface for providing access to one or more of the plurality of tools, the user interface including a display that includes the text headline and the one or more of the plurality of tools; and

in response to input from an editor, using the one or more of the plurality of tools to supply the text headline;

wherein at least one of the plurality of tools uses at least some of the metadata generated by the preprocessing in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers using the user interface.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with programming thereon for causing at least one computer system to perform functions comprising:

providing a text headline related to an article through use of a headlining module that receives the article, generates metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating the text headline, and extracts one or more tickers from the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating the text headline in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers;

dispatching the text headline to one or more consumers; and

processing the article for storage and retrieval without impeding creation and/or distribution of the text headline.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with programming thereon for causing at least one computer system to perform functions comprising:

determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles;

providing a plurality of headlining modules;

wherein determining at least one subject matter category for each of one or more electronic articles is performed by at least one categorization module that is adapted to provide, to one or more of the plurality of headlining modules as determined by the categorization module, an article received by the system and metadata useful for creating and/or editing a text headline related to the article, wherein the one or more of the plurality of headlining modules are selected by the at least one categorization module; and

wherein each headlining module that receives an article generates metadata, related to text in the article, useful for creating the text headline, and extracts one or more tickers from the article, the headlining module providing for display of at least part of the text in the article in accordance with at least part of the generated metadata and including a plurality of tools to assist a human editor in creating the text headline in order to specify that the text headline includes a corporation name that is associated with a ticker selected from the one or more tickers.