System and method to obtain content and generate modified content based on time limited content information

• US 10,091,551 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2014
• Issued: 10/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Malik, Dale, Hill, Nicholas
• Primary Examiner(s): Ekpo, Nnenna
• Application Number:
  US14/280,310
• Publication Number:
  US 20140250452A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,600 Days
• Field of Search: 725 29, 725109, 725133, 725141
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 13/00 Speech synthesis; Text to speech systems
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/26 Speech to text systems G10L15/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234336 by media transcoding, e.g. video is transformed into a slideshow of still pictures or audio is converted into text
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2668 Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43 Processing of content or additional data, e.g. demultiplexing additional data from a digital video stream; Elementary client operations, e.g. monitoring of home network or synchronising decoder's clock; Client middleware real-time communication protocols in data switching networks H04L65/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/45457 applied to a time segment
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

A system includes an interface to obtain content on behalf of a target consumer. The system includes a memory. The system further includes a processor that is configured to modify the content to generate modified content. The modified content is generated based on time limited content consumption information of the target consumer and the modified content is stored in the memory.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

an interface to obtain content on behalf of a target consumer, wherein the content includes a first content item from a first content source and a second content item from a second content source, the second content item distinct from the first content item and the second content source distinct from the first content source;

a memory; and

a processor that facilitates execution of instructions stored in the memory to perform operations including;

determining a time limit for consuming media content, the time limit determined based on information associated with a particular user;

generating a modified content item by combining a first portion of the first content item and a second portion of the second content item to form a modified content item having a playback duration that is less than or equal to the time limit;

initiating transmission of the modified content item to a first device; and

after a first portion of the modified content item is transmitted, initiating transmission of a second portion of the modified content item to a second device distinct from the first device, the second portion subsequent to the first portion in a playback order of the modified content item.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein generating the modified content item comprises truncating the content, reordering the content, compressing the content, decompressing the content, prioritizing the content, altering a data format of the content, or a combination thereof.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first content item includes traffic information and the second content item includes information related to an email account associated with the target consumer.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first portion of the first content item is modified to generate first modified content based on a first user preference associated with a first content source and wherein the second portion of the second content item is modified to generate second modified content based on a second user preference associated with a second content source.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the first user preference indicates a first delivery format and wherein the second user preference indicates a second delivery format.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the first content item includes video content, wherein the first modified content includes audio content, and wherein the first delivery format corresponds to an audio format.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the second content item corresponds to a marked portion of the modified content item.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the second portion of the modified content item corresponds to an unviewed portion of the modified content item.

8. A method comprising:

receiving a first content item from a first content source;

receiving a second content item from a second content source, the second content item distinct from the first content item and the second content source distinct from the first content source;

determining a time limit for consuming media content, the time limit determined based on information associated with a particular user;

generating, at a processor, a modified content item by combining a first portion of the first content item and a second portion of the second content item to form a modified content item having a playback duration that is less than or equal to the time limit;

initiating transmission of the modified content item to a first device; and

after a first portion of the modified content item is transmitted, initiating transmission of a second portion of the modified content item to a second device distinct from the first device, the second portion subsequent to the first portion in a playback order of the modified content item.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the time limit is determined based on particular information extracted from at least a portion of the first content item, metadata of the first content item, or a combination thereof.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the particular information includes weather information, traffic information, flight information, a creation time of the first content item, or a combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein generating the modified content item comprises truncating the first content item, compressing the first content item, decompressing the first content item, prioritizing the first content item, altering a data format of the first content item, or a combination thereof.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving information about a target consumer, wherein the information includes calendar data indicating a schedule of the target consumer, and further comprising determining the time limit based on a period of time that the target consumer is indicated as available based on the calendar data.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising sending an alert from the processor to an output device coupled to the processor, the alert based on calendar data, weather information, traffic data, or combinations thereof.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

comparing a length of the period of time to a first threshold, wherein, responsive to the length of the period of time satisfying the first threshold, the time limit comprises a first particular time limit; and

responsive to the length of the period of time not satisfying the first threshold, comparing the length of the period of time to a second threshold, wherein, responsive to the length of the period of time satisfying the second threshold, the time limit comprises a second particular time limit corresponding to the second threshold.

15. The method of claim 8, wherein the second portion of the modified content item corresponds to an unviewed portion of the modified content item.

16. The method of claim 8, wherein the second device is a mobile device.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the time limit is periodically updated.

18. A computer-readable storage device comprising operational instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

receiving a first content item from a first content source;

receiving a second content item from a second content source, the second content item distinct from the first content item and the second content source distinct from the first content source;

determining a time limit for consuming media content, the time limit determined based on information associated with a particular user;

generating a modified content item, wherein the modified content item includes a combination of a first portion of the first content item and a second portion of the second content item to form a the modified content item having a playback duration that is less than or equal to the time limit;

initiating transmission of the modified content item to a first device; and

after a first portion of the modified content item is transmitted, initiating transmission of a second portion of the modified content item to a second device distinct from the first device, the second portion subsequent to the first portion in a playback order of the modified content item.

19. The computer-readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the operations further include adding to the modified content item an audible cue associated with a particular portion of the modified content item, such that the audible cue is playable before the particular portion of the modified content item.