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US 8,185,448 B1Granted
Fact checking method and system
OwnerLucas J. Myslinskiinventor
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Abstract
A fact checking system verifies the correctness of information and/or characterizes the 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.
Claims20
A method programmed in a memory in a device comprising:
- a. automatically monitoring broadcast information;
- b. automatically processing the broadcast information including converting the broadcast information into searchable information and parsing the searchable information into fact checkable portions;
- c. automatically fact checking the fact checkable portions by comparing the fact checkable portions with source information;
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- d. automatically indicating a status of the broadcast information in real-time based on a result of the comparison of the fact checkable portions with the source information.
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A method of automatically fact checking a discussion involving a host and a guest providing political commentary, the method programmed in a memory of a device, the method comprising:
- a. monitoring the discussion;
- b. processing the discussion including converting the discussion into searchable information and parsing the searchable information into fact checkable portions;
- c. fact checking with the device the fact checkable portions by comparing the fact checkable portions with source information;
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- d. indicating a status of discussion portions in real-time based on a result of the comparison of the fact checkable portions with the source information, including prompting the host with a follow-up question to ask the guest, if the guest provides questionable information.
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A device comprising:
- a. a memory for storing an application for automatically performing the following steps:
- i. monitoring television broadcast information and determining if the television broadcast information is fact checkable;
- ii. converting the television broadcast information into parsable text information;
- iii. parsing out a fact checkable portion from the parsable text information;
- iv. fact checking the fact checkable portion by comparing the fact checkable portion with source information from a plurality of web page sources to determine validity of the fact checkable portion, wherein each web page source of the plurality of web page sources has a reliability rating;
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- v. indicating a status of the television broadcast information in real-time based on a result of the comparison of the fact checkable portion with the source information, wherein indicating the status of the television broadcast information includes displaying the fact checkable portion in a first color when the result is true and a second color when the result is false;
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- b. a processor for processing the application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.