Summarizing a Body of Media

• US 20110016079A1
• Filed: 07/20/2009
• Published: 01/20/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Harris, Adam
• Granted Patent: US 8,370,288 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 706/54
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/00 Digital computing or data processing equipment or methods, specially adapted for specific functions information retrieval, database structures or file system structures therefor G06F16/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 2220/2541 Blu-ray discs; Blue laser DVR discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

Bodies of media may be summarized in various ways depending on numerous factors, thus resulting in summaries that are tailored to particular desires of consumers. An instruction may be received to provide a summary of at least a portion of the body of media. Software stored in memory may then be executed by a processor to determine one or more factors for providing the summary. The summary may be selected, based on the one or more factors, from a plurality of available summaries stored in memory. The plurality of available summaries corresponds to the at least a portion of the body of media. Finally, the selected summary may be provided to a consumer via an output device.

Claims

1. A method for summarizing a body of media, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction to provide a summary of at least a portion of the body of media;

executing software stored in memory by a processor to determine one or more factors for providing the summary;

selecting the summary from a plurality of available summaries stored in memory, the plurality of available summaries corresponding to the at least a portion of the body of media, the summary selected based on the one or more factors; and

providing the selected summary to a consumer via an output device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction is received in response to an action by the consumer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the instruction is received in response to the consumer accessing the body of media.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the body of media includes textual media.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the body of media includes video media.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the body of media includes audio media.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the body of media includes a video game.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes a current point of access of the body of media by the consumer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes a span of time since the body of media was last accessed by the consumer.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes a tone preference of the consumer.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes an environment of the consumer.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes the age of the consumer.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes a characteristic of the output device.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes a level of detail preference of the consumer.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more factors includes a summary duration preference of the consumer.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the summary includes content from the body of media.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the summary includes a textual summarization.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the summary includes an audio narrative.

19. A system for summarizing a body of media, the system comprising:

a interface module stored in memory and executable by a processor to receive an instruction to provide a summary of at least a portion of the body of media;

a factor determination module stored in memory and executable by a processor to determine one or more factors for providing the summary;

a factor analysis module stored in memory and executable by a processor to select the summary from a plurality of available summaries stored in memory, the plurality of available summaries corresponding to the at least a portion of the body of media, the summary selected based on the one or more factors; and

a media output module stored in memory and executable by a processor to provide the selected summary to a consumer via an output device.

20. A computer readable storage medium having a program embodied thereon, the program executable by a processor to perform a method for summarizing a body of media, the method comprising:

receiving an instruction to provide a summary of at least a portion of the body of media;

determining one or more factors for providing the summary;

selecting the summary from a plurality of available summaries stored in memory, the plurality of available summaries corresponding to the at least a portion of the body of media, the summary selected based on the one or more factors; and

providing the selected summary to a consumer via an output device.