Method of and system for fact checking recorded information
View Patent ↗A fact checking system verifies the correctness of information and/or characterizes the information by comparing the information with one or more sources. The fact checking system automatically monitors, processes, fact checks information and indicates a status of the information.
1. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a digital video recording device comprising:
a. automatically recording broadcast information with the digital video recording device;
b. automatically fact checking the recorded broadcast information to determine a factual accuracy of the recorded broadcast information by comparing the recorded broadcast information with source information; and
c. automatically indicating a status of the recorded broadcast information in real-time of playback of the recorded broadcast information based on a result of the comparison of the recorded broadcast information with the source information.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
automatically converting the recorded broadcast information into searchable information; and
analyzing the searchable information.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising enabling searching of the searchable information by a user.
4. The method of claim 2 further comprising playing the recorded broadcast information at a location of a search word or phrase in the searchable information.
5. The method of claim 2 wherein every instance of a search word or phrase is found in the searchable information to enable jumping to each instance in the recorded broadcast information.
6. The method of claim 2 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises detecting a keyword in the searchable information.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the keyword is a user-input keyword.
8. The method of claim 6 wherein the keyword is automatically determined based on previous searches by a user.
9. The method of claim 6 wherein the keyword is automatically determined based on trending information.
10. The method of claim 6 further comprising alerting a user when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.
11. The method of claim 6 further comprising automatically changing a channel when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.
12. The method of claim 6 further comprising displaying a picture-in-picture window of a channel containing the keyword when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.
13. The method of claim 6 further comprising playing an audible alert when the keyword is detected in the searchable information.
14. The method of claim 6 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises detecting a word related to the keyword.
15. The method of claim 2 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises detecting a match of an image.
16. The method of claim 2 wherein analyzing the searchable information comprises determining a commercial has ended and alerting a user.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein fact checking occurs in background processing.
18. The method of claim 1 wherein fact checking utilizes a plurality of sources, and each source of the plurality of sources has a reliability rating based on the accuracy of the information within each source of the plurality of sources, wherein the accuracy is determined based on previous fact checking results, wherein a first source with a first reliability rating is given more weight during fact checking than a second source with a second reliability rating lower than the first reliability rating, wherein each source of the plurality of sources with the reliability rating below a threshold is not used in fact checking.
19. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a digital video recording device comprising:
a. automatically fact checking recorded broadcast information to determine a factual accuracy of the recorded broadcast information by comparing the recorded broadcast information with source information; and
b. automatically indicating a status of the recorded broadcast information in real-time of playback of the recorded broadcast information based on a result of the comparison of the recorded broadcast information with the source information.
20. A device comprising:
a. a memory for storing an application for automatically performing the following steps:
i. recording broadcast information, wherein the recorded broadcast information comprises an entire program;
ii. fact checking the recorded broadcast information to determine a factual accuracy of the recorded broadcast information by comparing the recorded broadcast information with source information;
iii. indicating a status of the recorded broadcast information in real-time of playback of the recorded broadcast information based on a result of the comparison of the recorded broadcast information with the source information;
iv. enabling searching of the recorded broadcast information; and
v. playing the recorded broadcast information at a location of a search word or phrase in the recorded broadcast information; and
b. a processor for processing the application.