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Identification and ranking of news stories of interest

US8375073B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateNov 12, 2007
Grant dateFeb 12, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 12, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/951
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking news articles. A plurality of news articles referenced in one or more hub pages are identified, where each of the hub pages include respective references to one or more of the news articles. A score component is derived for a news article from a measure of a prominence of the news article in the hub pages that includes a reference to the news article.

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