Annotating articles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9727647-B1
Application number	US-201414335533-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 18, 2014
Priority date	Jul 26, 2011
Publication date	Aug 8, 2017
Grant date	Aug 8, 2017

Abstract

A server may receive an article that is retrieved from a server; determine whether the article satisfies first criteria based on content of the first article; annotate the article with a first article type when the article satisfies the first criteria; determine whether the article satisfies second criteria based on information associated with the article; annotate the article with a second article type when the article satisfies the second criteria; and store the article in association with a topic and at least one of the first article type or the second article type. The different server may be associated with a news website.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
identifying a first article about a topic;
identifying a second article about the topic;
identifying a third article about the topic;
determining a quantity of times that the second article is shared by users via one or more online applications;
determining whether a length of the third article is greater than an average length of other articles about the topic; and
providing, for display, information identifying the first article with information identifying the second article and information identifying the third article,
the information identifying the second article including information associated with the quantity of times that the second article is shared, and
the information identifying the third article including information indicating that the length of the third article is greater than the average length.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
annotating the second article with a first article type that indicates that the second article is shared more than the other articles about the topic based on the quantity of times that the second article is shared being greater than a quantity of times that the other articles are shared; and
annotating the third article with a second article type that indicates that the length of the third article is greater than the average length of the other articles about the topic.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a third article about the topic;
determining whether information regarding a geographic location, associated with a source of the third article, is identified in the third article; and
providing, for display, the information identifying the first article with information identifying the third article,
where the information identifying the third article includes information indicating that the information regarding the geographic location is identified in the third article.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , where providing, for display, the information identifying the first article with the information identifying the third article includes:
providing, for display to a device of a user, information indicating that:
the third article is from a local perspective when the geographic location matches a location of the user, or
the third article is from an international perspective when the geographic location does not match the location of the user.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining whether the quantity of times that the second article is shared exceeds a quantity of times that a third article about the topic is shared,
where the information identifying the second article includes the information associated with the quantity of times that the second article is shared when the quantity of times, that the second article is shared, exceeds the quantity of times that the third article is shared.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a third article about the topic;
determining that the third article is cited more than one or more other articles about the topic; and
providing, for display, the information identifying the first article with information identifying the third article,
where the information identifying the third article includes information indicating that the third article is cited more than the one or more other articles.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
identify a first article about a topic;
identify a second article about the topic;
identify a third article about the topic;
determine a quantity of times that the second article is shared by users;
determine whether a length of the third article is greater than an average length of other articles about the topic; and
provide, for display, information identifying the first article with information identifying the second article and information identifying the third article,
the information identifying the second article including information associated with the quantity of times that the second article is shared, and
the information identifying the third article including information indicating that the length of the third article is greater than the average length.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to identify a third article about the topic;
one or more instructions to determine that the third article includes information regarding an ongoing event; and
one or more instructions to provide, for display, the information identifying the first article with information identifying the third article,
where the information identifying the third article includes information indicating that the third article includes the information regarding the ongoing event.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to identify a third article about the topic;
one or more instructions to determine that an entry of an online encyclopedia refers to the third article; and
one or more instructions to provide, for display, the information identifying the first article with information identifying the third article,
where the information identifying the third article includes information identifying the online encyclopedia.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to annotate the second article with a first article type that indicates that the second article is shared more than the other articles about the topic based on the quantity of times that the second article is shared being greater than a quantity of times that the other articles are shared; and
one or more instructions to annotate the third article with a second article type that indicates that the length of the third article is greater than the average length of the other articles about the topic.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to identify a third article about the topic;
one or more instructions to determine whether information regarding a geographic location, associated with a source of the third article, is identified in the third article; and
one or more instructions to provide, for display to a device of a user, the information identifying the first article with information identifying the third article,
where the information identifying the third article includes information indicating that:
the third article is from a local perspective when the geographic location matches a location of the user, or
the third article is from an international perspective when the geographic location does not match the location of the user.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to receive a search query,
where the first article and the second article are identified based on the search query, and
where the topic is associated with the search query.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 7 , where the instructions further comprise:
one or more instructions to identify a third article about the topic;
one or more instructions to determine that the third article is cited more t

Assignees

• Google Inc

Inventors

• Hensel Chase
• Hoskere Jayakumar
• Ananthakrishna Rohit

Classifications

• G06F17/30864 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30011

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F17/30241

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06F16/951 Primary

  Indexing; Web crawling techniques · CPC title

• G06F16/29

  Geographical information databases · CPC title