Method And System For Scoring Credibility Of Information Sources

a technology of information source and credibility, applied in the field of information extraction, can solve problems such as significant confusion among voters, affecting lives and decisions, and using non-credible sources of information as decision-making basis,
US20150019565A1Inactive Publication Date: 2015-01-15EXIGER CANADA INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US ยท United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
EXIGER CANADA INC
Publication Date
2015-01-15
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable ยท inactive patent

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Abstract

A method for classifying information sources and content based on credibility, reliability, or trust. A content item describing an event is retrieved from an information provider and parsed for links. Each link is evaluated and attributed a sentiment score. The same event is identified in a set of know sources and an event score is calculated based on the credibility of each of the known sources. Finally, the content item is ranked based on the event and sentiment scores.
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FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0001] The present invention relates generally to information extraction. More particularly, the present invention relates to classifying or ranking information sources and events during extraction.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0002] The internet is one of the primary sources of information of modern life. However, on the web, there coexists a lot of valuable, useful and accurate information together with misleading or inaccurate information. There also exists sources of information that are more trusted and those that are less trusted, and other sources which cannot readily be identified as trusted or not trusted. General web-based searching can return information that is harmful or misleading. The use of non-credible sources of information as basis for decisions can have a severe impact in fields like politics, health, finance and many others. For instance, in the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign of Barack Obama, misleading information connecting the future presid...

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