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System and method for assessing and ranking newsworthiness

US8719279B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 24, 2012
Grant dateMay 6, 2014
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2032

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/0633
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system and method for determining a newsworthiness score for a news story, including the steps of receiving data describing a news story from a client, comparing the data describing the news story to a set of pre-determined factors, locating the factors that are present on the set of pre-determined factors in the data, adding pre-calculated values to a running total, the newsworthiness score, for each factor found in the data.

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