Patent ID: 8849809
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: calculating a respective article score for each of a plurality of articles on a topic wherein the respective article score is calculated, in part, from a respective score of another article in the plurality of articles that was published before the article; obtaining respective scores for a plurality of time entries, each time entry corresponding to a time period during which one or more articles on a topic were published, wherein the score for a time entry is based on, at least, a combination of respective article scores for each of the one or more articles associated with the time entry, and wherein the time entries have an associated order with respect to a timeline; identifying candidate regions of time entries, wherein each candidate region represents one or more time entries that follow each other in the order, and wherein the candidate regions are separated from each other in the order by one or more time entries each having a score that does not exceed a threshold; selecting a plurality of regions from the candidate regions; selecting a respective article for each selected region, wherein the article selected for the region is an article associated with a particular time entry of the one or more time entries of the region; and providing a summary of the topic, wherein the summary references the selected articles.