Systems and methods for using crowd sourcing to evaluate truthfulness or bias in online content
US12287840B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 2024 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4826
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method comprising identifying a content item having stated facts and/or opinions which a user is unsure whether to trust; during a first time period, obtaining first content evaluations of the content item from first users, each first content evaluation evaluating a belief state of the stated facts and/or opinions; displaying the first content evaluations; during a second time period initiating later than the first time period, obtaining second evaluations from second users regardless of second user expertise, the second users defined as having hindsight and thus knowledge as to the belief state of the stated facts and/or opinions greater than the first users; generating and issuing expert scores for the first users based on the second evaluations; and elevating an influential characteristic of each first user having an expert score higher than a certain threshold when providing another evaluation during another time period.
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