Systems and methods for clustering information
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1. A computer-implemented method for presenting information comprising:
- receiving textual news information;
clustering the textual news information to form a plurality of topic clusters;
identifying textual information associated with visual news information;
associating visual news information with at least one of the plurality of topic clusters using the textual information;
providing the visual news information with the at least one of the plurality of topic clusters.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for clustering news information are disclosed. The news information is clustered to form clusters to include one or more of articles, blogs, images, videos and the like. The news information is organized according to topic and/or temporal information. The clustered news information can be presented to a user who can browse or search the clustered news information.
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1. A computer-implemented method for presenting information comprising:
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receiving textual news information; clustering the textual news information to form a plurality of topic clusters; identifying textual information associated with visual news information; associating visual news information with at least one of the plurality of topic clusters using the textual information;
providing the visual news information with the at least one of the plurality of topic clusters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 21)
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10. A computer-implemented method for organizing related news information comprising:
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receiving differing news information types; merging the differing news information types to form merged news information; clustering the merged news information to form a plurality of topic clusters; and providing the plurality of topic clusters, wherein the differing news information types are selected from the group consisting of articles, blogs, images and videos. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A search system comprising:
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a news information receiver to receive news information, wherein the news information comprises textual information and multimedia objects; a merging unit to merge the textual news information; and a cluster unit to cluster the textual news information according to a topic of the news information. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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