Patent ID: 9218629
Filing Date: 2015-12-22
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of prioritizing and presenting news information related to contacts, comprising: for a plurality of contacts associated with a user of an electronic device, associating news information found within a time period with the contact of the plurality of contacts to which the news information pertains; for each watched contact, of a set of watched contacts of the plurality of contacts, performing a news information spike analysis of news information associated with the watched contact and determining from the performed news information spike analysis at least one of the watched contacts that has experienced a frequency of news information occurring during the time period that is greater than a frequency threshold value and representative of a news information spike during the time period; for at least one of the watched contacts that has experienced the news information spike, providing the at least one news information item representative of the news information spike to the user via the electronic device.