Determining and displaying the geographic location of articles

• US 20080033652A1
• Filed: 08/03/2007
• Published: 02/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daylife, Inc. (EPiServer Group AB)
• Original Assignee: Daylife, Inc. (EPiServer Group AB)
• Inventors: Hensley, Patrick, Harris, Jonathan
• Application Number:
  US11/833,442
• Publication Number:
  US 20080033652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/5
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management

Abstract

A method determines and displays the geographic location of a plurality of articles. At least one geographic location of each of the plurality of articles is determined. The determining includes extracting entities of the article, determining which extracted entities are places entities, determining a geographic location of each of the places entities, and attributing the geographic location of each of the places entities with the article. A map is created. The map comprises a geographic map. A plurality of clickable markers are displayed on the map. The clickable markers correspond to the geographic locations of the plurality of articles. Attributes of the markers may be modified. When a marker is clicked on, a web page may be instantly published, the web page comprising articles having a geographic location of the marker that was clicked on.

Claims

1. A method for determining and displaying the geographic location of a plurality of articles comprising:

determining at least one geographic location of each of the plurality articles;

creating a map; and

displaying a plurality of clickable markers on the map corresponding to the at least one geographic location of each of the plurality of articles.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said determining at least one geographic location of each of the plurality articles comprises, for each article of the plurality of articles:

extracting entities of the article;

determining which extracted entities are places entities;

determining a geographic location of each of the places entities; and

attributing the geographic location of each of the places entities with the article.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising computing a relevancy of the geographic location of each of the places entities.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said displaying further comprises modifying attributes of the clickable markers.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said modifying comprises varying a size of the clickable markers according to a frequency of stories.

6. The method of claim 4 wherein said modifying comprises modifying attributes according to a location of a viewer viewing the map.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a click on a clickable marker of the plurality of clickable markers; and

instantly publishing a web page of articles having a geographic location of the clickable marker.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein said instantly publishing comprises:

determining at least one geographic location of the articles of the instantly published web page;

creating a new map; and

displaying on the instantly published web page a plurality of clickable markers on the new map corresponding to the at least one geographic location of each of the plurality of articles;

9. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving a click on a clickable marker of the plurality of clickable markers; and

displaying articles having the location of the clickable marker.

10. The method of claim 9 where said displaying articles comprising displaying headlines of the articles.

11. A method for determining and displaying the geographic location of a plurality of articles comprising:

determining at least one geographic location of each of the plurality articles, wherein said determining comprises,

extracting entities of the article;

determining which extracted entities are places entities;

determining a geographic location of each of the places entities;

attributing the geographic location of each of the places entities with the article;

creating a map, wherein said map is a geographic map; and

displaying a plurality of clickable markers on the map corresponding to the at least one geographic location of each of the plurality of articles, wherein said displaying comprises modifying attributes of the clickable markers.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

receiving a click on a clickable marker of the plurality of clickable markers; and

displaying articles having the location of the clickable marker.

13. A computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for determining and displaying the geographic location of a plurality of articles which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform the steps of:

determining at least one geographic location of each of the plurality articles;

creating a map; and

displaying a plurality of clickable markers on the map corresponding to the at least one geographic location of each of the plurality of articles;

14. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further having stored thereon instructions for determining and displaying the geographic location of a plurality of articles which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform the steps of:

extracting entities of the article;

determining which extracted entities are places entities;

determining a geographic location of each of the places entities; and

attributing the geographic location of each of the places entities with the article.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 13 further having stored thereon instructions for determining and displaying the geographic location of a plurality of articles which, when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform the steps of:

receiving a click on a clickable marker of the plurality of clickable markers; and

displaying articles having the location of the clickable marker.