Crowdsourced news end-to-end system
Assigneenewsbloom, Inc.
InventorsHugh Douglas MYERS, Michael Alan Cummings, Thomas Scott Suiter
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for sourcing, processing, and distributing information in general, and more specifically, information that is generally news or news-related in nature. An embodiment operates by determining a geographic area and selecting stories associated with the geographic area. The embodiment further generates map display information for the geographic area including a plurality of selectable indicators, each corresponding to one of the one or more stories, and transmits the map display information to an interactive user device.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for providing news, comprising:
- determining, by at least one processor, a geographic area;
- selecting, by the at least one processor, one or more stories associated with the geographic area, wherein the stories are received using a crowdsourced news processing system;
- generating, by the at least one processor, map display information for the geographic area including a plurality of selectable indicators, each of the plurality of selectable indicators corresponding to one of the one or more stories;
- positioning, by the at least one processor, a first selectable indicator at an area adjacent to an event location associated with a first story when the first selectable indicator overlaps with a second selectable indicator;
- and
- transmitting, by the at least one processor, the map display information to an interactive user device.
A news processing system comprising:
- at least one processor;
- a news distributor configured to be executed by the at least one processor and further configured to:
- determine a geographic area;
- select one or more stories associated with the geographic area;
- generate map display information for the geographic area including a plurality of selectable indicators, each of the plurality of selectable indicators corresponding to one of the one or more stories, wherein the stories are received using a crowdsourced news processing system;
- and
- position a first selectable indicator at an area adjacent to an event location associated with a first story when the first selectable indicator overlaps with a second selectable indicator;
- and
- transmit the map display information to an interactive user device.
A computer-readable device having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, causes the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:
- determining a geographic area;
- selecting one or more stories associated with the geographic area, wherein the stories are received using a crowdsourced news processing system;
- generating map display information for the geographic area including a plurality of selectable indicators, each of the plurality of selectable indicators corresponding to one of the one or more stories;
- positioning a first selectable indicator at an area adjacent to an event location associated with a first story when the first selectable indicator overlaps with a second selectable indicator;
- and
- transmitting the map display information to an interactive user device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.