Fact checking graphical user interface including fact checking icons

• US 9,483,159 B2
• Filed: 02/11/2013
• Issued: 11/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LinkedIn Corporation (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Myslinski, Lucas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ng, Amy
• Assistant Examiner(s): SILVERMAN, SETH ADAM
• Application Number:
  US13/763,860
• Publication Number:
  US 20140164994A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,359 Days
• Field of Search: 715/846, 715/810, 715/844, 715/821, 715/727, 715/825, 707/758
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/163 Wearable computers, e.g. on a belt
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information. The fact checking system is able to incorporate a graphical user interface with fact checking icons to indicate fact checking results.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing reliability data that indicates, for each source of a plurality of sources, a reliability rating of said each source;

wherein a first source of the plurality of sources has a first reliability rating that indicates a reliability of the first source, and a second source of the plurality of sources has a second reliability rating that indicates a reliability of the second source and that is different than the first reliability rating;

wherein at least one of the first reliability rating or the second reliability rating is based on previous fact checking results;

receiving information to be fact checked;

selecting at least one of the first source or the second source from among the plurality of sources based on the first reliability rating or the second reliability rating, wherein a difference between the first reliability rating and the second reliability rating indicates that one source is more reliable than the other source;

in response to receiving the information to be fact checked, performing a comparison of the information to be fact checked with source information from one or more sources to determine factual accuracy of the information and to generate a fact checking result representative of a factual accuracy of the information, the one or more sources comprising the at least one of the first source or the second source;

causing an icon indicative of the fact checking result to be displayed;

wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon indicates at least one of a factually inaccurate comment, a misleading comment, and a biased comment.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein a list of icons is generated when more than one fact checking result is represented.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein icons in the list are displayed in chronological order.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon is selectable to display additional information.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein hovering over the icon displays the fact checking result as text or audio.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein clicking the icon displays the fact checking result as text or audio.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising causing to be displayed a video, wherein the information is from the video.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon is grouped in a characterization group based on a characterization of the information.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein a number appears on or near each characterization group indicating a number of comments with the characterization.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the characterization group with more than one comment appears three-dimensional.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein the characterization group with more than one comment includes multiple icons in a layered formation.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein when a user selects the characterization group, comments within the characterization group are displayed in a list form for a user to view and/or select for more information.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon indicates an entity providing the source information.

15. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon is grouped in an entity group based on an entity providing the information, and icons are displayed in a comparative format comparing each entity.

16. The method of claim 1 wherein the icon is displayed on a device, and a video is displayed on a second device, wherein the video of the second device includes the information.

17. The method of claim 1 further comprising causing to be displayed an entity icon of an entity related to the information wherein the entity icon is distorted based on the fact checking result.

18. The method of claim 1 wherein the first reliability rating of the first source is given more weight during fact checking than the second reliability rating of the second source having a reliability rating lower than the first reliability rating.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein each source, of the plurality of sources, that has a reliability rating that is below a threshold is not used in fact checking.

20. The method of claim 1 wherein the previous fact checking results comprise a user response to one or more of the previous fact checking results.