Patent Document ID: 20140330838
Application ID: 14267266
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for distributing content in accordance with geographic relevance, the method comprising: acquiring a content item; parsing, by a processor, the content item to extract text information and metadata, said text information including at least one named entity; obtaining contextual information associated with the named entity from a knowledge source; where said contextual information includes a geographic context, generating, by the processor, a spatial definition in accordance with the geographic context and appending the spatial definition to metadata associated with the content item; obtaining a profile item for a distribution target, the profile item including profile text information and profile metadata, the profile metadata including a profile spatial definition; calculating, by the processor, a metric of attraction between the content item spatial definition and the profile spatial definition; determining, by the processor, a level of relevance of the content item to the distribution target on the basis of the metric of attraction; and providing the content item to the distribution target only when the level of relevance is determined to exceed a threshold level associated with the distribution target.