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US 9,176,957 B2Granted
Selective fact checking method and system
AssigneeLinkedIn Corporation
InventorLucas J. Myslinski
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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. The fact checking system is able to operate selectively, for example, only fact checking information after detecting a trigger.
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A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a first device, the method comprising:
- automatically monitoring broadcast information;
- automatically detecting a trigger within the broadcast information;
- converting at least a portion of the broadcast information related to the trigger into searchable information;
- in response to automatically detecting the trigger, automatically fact checking the broadcast information related to the trigger by comparing the searchable information with information from one or more sources;
- automatically causing an indication of a status of the broadcast information to be displayed on a second device, the indication based on a result of the comparison of the searchable information with the information from the one or more sources.
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A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a first device, the method comprising:
- automatically monitoring broadcast information;
- automatically detecting a keyword within the broadcast information;
- converting at least a portion of the broadcast information related to the keyword into searchable information;
- in response to automatically detecting the keyword, automatically causing real-time indication of a fact checking result to be presented on a second device, the fact checking result based on a comparison of the searchable information with information from one or more sources.
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A first device comprising:
- a memory for storing an application for automatically performing the following steps:
- monitoring broadcast information;
- detecting a keyword within the broadcast information;
- converting at least a portion of the broadcast information related to the keyword into searchable information;
- fact checking the broadcast information related to the keyword by comparing the searchable information with information from one or more sources;
- and
- causing a status of the broadcast information, to be presented on a second device, the status based on a result of the comparison of the searchable information with the information from the one or more sources;
- a processor for processing the application.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.