Associating VIsuals with Articles

摘要

A method and system for associating a visual graphic with an article in a list of articles, to assist the user in identifying and distinguishing different articles in the list. Associated visuals may be selected from visuals embedded within the article, or may be retrieved from a visual pool via text-matching of article titles and text to text stored with the visuals in the visual pool. Embodiments of the invention provide methods for selecting a unique visual for each title in the list, even when the articles do not contain any illustrating visuals and even when illustrating visuals are duplicated among several different articles.

主权项

1. A method for associating visuals with articles of an archive, the archive including both text-only articles and illustrated articles having both text and at least one visual, wherein:
the articles are categorized into selected articles and unselected articles; the selected articles of the archive include both selected illustrated articles and selected text-only articles; the unselected articles of the archive include both unselected illustrated articles and unselected text-only articles;the method comprising:
for each iterated article of the selected illustrated articles, choosing, by a server, one visual of the at least one visual included in the iterated article, and associating the at least one visual with the iterated article; and for each iterated article of the selected text-only articles, choosing a single visual from the at least one visual included in a plurality of unselected illustrated articles, and associating the single visual with the iterated article.