Ontology-Based Summarization System for Reducing Author Bias in Web Search

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current internet search technologies fail to summarize information objectively and alleviate author bias in web pages and blogs, leading to users having to navigate through large amounts of keyword-driven search results without concise summaries or unbiased interpretations.

Innovation Solution

A system comprising an ontology module, summation module, language generation module, and language bias module that parses web documents, tags relevant information, aggregates content, adjusts for bias, and generates grammatically correct textual structures summarizing specific topics, allowing users to access objective summaries across various media-host devices.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If keyword-driven search technology is used to search online documents, then the search service can be provided, but the results require users to navigate through large amounts of information without concise summaries

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveease of information retrievalVSAvoidtime to navigate through search results
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent extracts the essential information from multiple web pages by identifying and pulling out key facts, concepts, and data points. The summarization module creates condensed summaries that contain only the most relevant information, separating it from the bulk of the original content that users would otherwise need to navigate through.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #2Taking out (Extraction)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary summarization system between the search engine and the user. This intermediary automatically generates concise summaries of search results, acting as a mediator that processes the raw search data and presents it in a more usable format, reducing the time users spend navigating through detailed results.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Loss of information

If multiple web pages and blogs are searched to provide comprehensive information, then the information coverage is improved, but the author bias in the results increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveinformation coverageVSAvoidobjectivity of information
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges information from multiple diverse sources including web pages, blogs, and other online documents. By combining content from various authors and perspectives, the system creates a more balanced and objective summary that reflects multiple viewpoints rather than being dominated by a single author's bias.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different processing qualities to different information sources. The summarization module selectively weights and evaluates information from various sources, giving appropriate attention to credible sources while minimizing the impact of biased content, thereby maintaining overall objectivity in the synthesized summary.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Quantity of substance

If the number of online documents is increased to provide more information, then the information availability is improved, but the complexity of searching and analyzing the documents increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveamount of online informationVSAvoidcomplexity of search and analysis system
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the complex task of searching and analyzing large numbers of online documents into distinct modular components: a search module, a summarization module, and a bias detection module. Each component handles a specific aspect of the information processing pipeline, making the overall system more manageable and efficient despite the large volume of input documents.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS7925974B1Distribution of computation linguistics
Publication Date: 2011.04.12 T MOBILE INNOVATIONS LLC
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AI summary

A system and methods for distributing media data regarding a specific topic to a user. The system comprises a media-host device, server, and distribution module. The media-host device submits a request for the media data, receives a textual structure summarizing the specific topic, and presents the textual structure to the user. The server stores the textual structure. The distribution module communicates the textual structure to the media-host device. One method comprises receiving a request to present the textual structure, retrieving the textual structure, formatting the textual structure to be readable by a media-host device, and transmitting the textual structure to the media-host device. Another method comprises determining the format of the media-host device, formatting the textual structure to be presentable on the media-host device, and transmitting the formatted textual structure to the media-host device.