# US 2013/0158984 A1 · Method of and system for validating a fact checking system

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- Number: US 2013/0158984 A1
- Document ID: US20130158984A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/763,831
- Filed: 2013-02-11
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-06-10
- Assignees: LinkedIn Corporation
- Inventors: Lucas J. Myslinski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130158984A1

## CPC

- G06Q 10/10: Office automation; Time management
- A63F 13/46: Computing the game score
- A63F 13/79: involving player-related data, e.g. identities, accounts, preferences or play histories
- A63F 13/795: for finding other players; for building a team; for providing a buddy list
- A63F 13/828: Managing virtual sport teams
- A63F 13/95: Storage media specially adapted for storing game information, e.g. video game cartridges
- G06F 11/3065: {Monitoring arrangements determined by the means or processing involved in reporting the monitored data (error or fault reporting or logging G06F11/0766)}
- G06F 16/2365: {Ensuring data consistency and integrity}
- G06F 16/245: Query processing
- G06F 16/24578: {using ranking}
- G06F 16/248: Presentation of query results
- G06F 16/285: {Clustering or classification}
- G06F 16/90328: {using search space presentation or visualization, e.g. category or range presentation and selection}
- G06F 16/951: Indexing; Web crawling techniques
- G06F 40/40: Processing or translation of natural language (natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30)
- G06Q 10/40: Business processes related to social networking or social networking services
- G06Q 30/02: Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
- G06Q 30/0241: Advertisements
- G06Q 30/0279: Fundraising management
- H04L 51/52: for supporting social networking services
- H04L 63/1408: {by monitoring network traffic (monitoring network traffic per se H04L43/00)}
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## 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. Fact checking results are able to be validated by re-fact checking the fact check results.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:
a. fact checking a fact check result of information by comparing, with the device, the fact check result with source information to determine the factual accuracy of the fact check result; and
b. automatically indicating a status of the fact check result based on a re-fact check result of the comparison of the fact check result with the source information.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the status of the fact check result is indicated in real-time.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving flagging information flagging the fact check result.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3 wherein the fact check result is only fact checked if a number of users flagging the fact check result exceeds a threshold.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3 wherein the flagging information comprises a voice command made within a designated time frame.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein fact checking the fact check result utilizes different source information than used to generate the fact check result.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the status of the fact check result indicates whether the fact check result is confirmed or disproved.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving additional source information from a user to compare with the fact check result to determine the factual accuracy of the fact check result.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the status of the fact check result is only indicated if the fact check result is disproved.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising gathering statistics regarding fact check results and re-fact check results of a fact checking system.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10 wherein the statistics are gathered automatically.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10 further comprising indicating the statistics when the fact checking system is referenced.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10 further comprising indicating the statistics of the fact checking system and an entity's statistics in a comparison format.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the fact check result and the re-fact check result in a user-searchable data structure.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying the status of the fact check result on a second device.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a correction if the fact check result is disproved.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising displaying data including how often a fact checking system is challenged, proven incorrect, and proven correct.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising providing a reason why the fact check result was incorrect if the fact check result is disproved.

### Claim 19

A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:
a. receiving flagging information flagging a fact check result, wherein the fact check result includes target information and a factual accuracy of the target information;
b. fact checking the fact check result of the target information by comparing, with the device, the fact check result with source information to determine the factual accuracy of the fact check result, wherein the fact check result is only fact checked if a number of users flagging the fact check result exceeds a threshold, further wherein the source information is different from previous source information used to determine the fact check result; and
c. automatically indicating a status of the fact check result based on a re-fact check result of the comparison of the fact check result with the source information.

### Claim 20

A device comprising:
a. a memory for storing an application for automatically performing:
i. receiving voice command flagging information flagging a fact check result of a previous fact check;
ii. fact checking the fact check result of information by comparing the fact check result with source information to determine the factual accuracy of the fact check result, wherein the fact check result is only fact checked if a number of users flagging the fact check result exceeds a threshold, further wherein the source information is different from previous source information used to determine the fact check result, further wherein the source information includes a source received by a user; and
iii. indicating a status of the fact check result based on a re-fact check result of the comparison of the fact check result with the source information; and
b. a processor for processing the application.