News Filtering System for Mobile Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in accessing news content over the internet due to its sensationalized and undesirable nature, making it challenging to stay informed without exposure to graphic or depressing content.
Innovation Solution
A method involving user identification of news content to be filtered, generation of filter rules, populating a rules database, retrieving news content, filtering based on these rules, and providing filtered content on a mobile device, which automatically removes or condenses undesirable elements.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If users access news content from multiple news agencies over the Internet, then they can stay informed about current events, but they are exposed to sensationalized, graphic, and depressing content that they may not want to see
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary filtering system that sits between the news sources and the user. This system includes automated filters that block sensationalized and graphic content, and a human review team that manually screens news articles before they reach the user, thereby mediating the harmful content while preserving news accessibility
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary filtering actions by pre-screening news content through both automated algorithms and human reviewers before it is delivered to the user. This preliminary action removes undesirable content in advance, preventing exposure rather than reacting to it after the fact
2Object-affected harmful factors
If automated filtering systems are used to block undesirable news content, then exposure to harmful content is reduced, but the complexity of the filtering system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the filtering system into distinct functional components: automated filtering algorithms that handle obvious sensationalized content, human reviewers who handle nuanced cases, and a hierarchical review process. This segmentation manages complexity by dividing the filtering task into manageable parts with clear responsibilities
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces intermediary human reviewers who act as mediators between the automated filtering system and the final content delivery. This intermediary layer resolves complex filtering decisions that automated systems cannot handle, reducing the overall system complexity while maintaining effective content control
Data Source
AI summary
In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes (1) prompting a user to identify news content to be filtered; (2) generating filter rules based on the content to be filtered identified by the user; (3) populating a rules database based on the filter rules; (4) retrieving news content from a news server over the internet; (5) filtering the news content based on the filter rules within the rules database; and (6) providing the filtered news content to the user on a mobile device of the user. Numerous other embodiments are provided.