Patent Document ID: 9176957
Application ID: 13763856

Base Claim:
1. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a first device, the method comprising: automatically monitoring broadcast information; automatically detecting a trigger within the broadcast information; converting at least a portion of the broadcast information related to the trigger into searchable information; in response to automatically detecting the trigger, automatically fact checking the broadcast information related to the trigger by comparing the searchable information with information from one or more sources; automatically causing an indication of a status of the broadcast information to be displayed on a second device, the indication based on a result of the comparison of the searchable information with the information from the one or more sources.

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Claim 3:
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the trigger comprises an event, a network, a channel, a show, a commentator, a guest, a topic, a characterization, a recent news story, a popular item, a recent purchase by a user, a recent search by the user, social network information, a controversy, and/or a controversial comment.