Optimized cloud computing fact checking
View Patent ↗A fact checking system is able to verify the correctness of information and/or characterize 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. Fact checking results are able to be validated by re-fact checking the fact check results.
1. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:
a. sending identification information identifying information to be fact checked to a cloud computing device;
b. receiving a fact checking result from the cloud computing device; and
c. indicating the fact checking result.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising monitoring the information.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising processing the information.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein processing includes converting the information into text.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the fact checking result indicates a factual accuracy of the information.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the identification information comprises a name, a filename, a channel, a station, a time, a date, a segment, a numerical representation of content segment identification, a timestamp, an identifier for matching with the information, user information, and/or device information.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the identification information identifies which broadcast network.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the identification information identifies start and end times of the information to be fact checked.
9. The method of claim 1 wherein the information is at least one of broadcast information, web page information, or social networking information.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device fact checks specified web sites.
11. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device fact checks a specified network.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device fact checks a user-specified network.
13. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device is synchronized with the device.
14. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device fact checks content being viewed or listened to by a user.
15. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device utilizes multiple fact checking implementations.
16. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device fact checks many communications simultaneously.
17. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud computing device avoids redundancy by determining if content has been previously fact checked and not fact checking previously fact checked information.
18. The method of claim 1 wherein pattern recognition is utilized by the cloud computing device.
19. A method programmed in a non-transitory memory of a device comprising:
a. sending identification information identifying broadcast information to be fact checked to a cloud computing device;
b. receiving a fact checking result from the cloud computing device; and
c. indicating the fact checking result.
20. A device comprising:
a. a memory for storing an application, the application configured for automatically performing the steps:
i. sending identification information identifying information to be fact checked to a cloud computing device;
ii. receiving a fact checking result from the cloud computing device; and
iii. indicating the fact checking result; and
b. a processor for processing the application.