SELECTION OF CONTENT TO FORM A PRESENTATION ORDERED SEQUENCE AND OUTPUT THEREOF
First Claim
1. A method of selecting content to form a content presentation, the presentation comprising an ordered sequence of selected amounts of content, there being a plurality of items of content available for the presentation, the method comprising:
- (a) for each of the items of content, determining an associated weight-value based, at least in part, on one or more parameters for the presentation;
(b) performing a weighted selection of one of the items of content, the selection being weighted in accordance with the weight-values associated with the items of content;
(c) selecting at least a part of the content of the selected item of content to be one of the amounts of content in the ordered sequence of selected amounts of content; and
(d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) until the presentation is complete.
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Abstract
A method of selecting content to form a content presentation, the presentation comprising an ordered sequence of selected amounts of content, there being a plurality of items of content available for the presentation, the method comprising: (a) for each of the items of content, determining an associated weight-value based, at least in part, on one or more parameters for the presentation; (b) performing a weighted selection of one of the items of content, the selection being weighted in accordance with the weight-values associated with the items of content; (c) selecting at least a part of the content of the selected item of content to be one of the amounts of content in the ordered sequence of selected amounts of content; and (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) until the presentation is complete.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of selecting content to form a content presentation, the presentation comprising an ordered sequence of selected amounts of content, there being a plurality of items of content available for the presentation, the method comprising:
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(a) for each of the items of content, determining an associated weight-value based, at least in part, on one or more parameters for the presentation; (b) performing a weighted selection of one of the items of content, the selection being weighted in accordance with the weight-values associated with the items of content; (c) selecting at least a part of the content of the selected item of content to be one of the amounts of content in the ordered sequence of selected amounts of content; and (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) until the presentation is complete. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 27, 28)
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26. A method of outputting a sequence of video content, there being a plurality of items of video content available and each item of video content is of one or more content-types, the method comprising:
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for each of the content-types, storing a frequency-indicator for that content-type; performing a weighted selection of one of the items of video content, the selection being weighted so as to select items of content of a content-type with a frequency in accordance with the value of the frequency-indicator for that content-type; outputting at least a part of the content of the selected item of video content; and repeating the steps of performing and outputting; wherein the method also comprises allowing a user to vary the values of the frequency-indicators during the output of the video content.
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29. A system arranged to select content for forming a content presentation, the presentation comprising an ordered sequence of selected amounts of content, the system comprising:
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storage means storing a plurality of items of content; a weight-value calculator arranged to calculate, for each of the items of content, an associated weight-value based, at least in part, on one or more parameters for the presentation; a first selector arranged to perform a weighted selection of one of the items of content, the selection being weighted in accordance with the weight-values associated with the items of content; and a second selector arranged to select at least a part of the content of an item of content selected by the first selector to be one of the amounts of content in the ordered sequence of selected amounts of content; wherein the system is arranged to select content until the presentation is complete.
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31. A system for outputting a sequence of video content, the system comprising:
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storage means storing a plurality of items of video content, wherein each item of video content is of one or more content-types, the storage means also storing a frequency-indicator for each content-type; a selector arranged to perform a weighted selection of one of the items of video content, the selection being weighted so as to select items of content of a content-type with a frequency in accordance with the value of the frequency-indicator for that content-type; an output for outputting at least a part of the content of the selected item of video content; the system being arranged to select and output content until the end of the presentation; wherein the system also comprises a user interface arranged to allow a user to vary the values of the frequency-indicators during the output of the video content.
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36. A computer readable storage medium tangibly storing a computer program which, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to carry out a method of selecting content to form a content presentation, the presentation comprising an ordered sequence of selected amounts of content, there being a plurality of items of content available for the presentation, the method comprising:
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(a) for each of the items of content, determining an associated weight-value based, at least in part, on one or more parameters for the presentation; (b) performing a weighted selection of one of the items of content, the selection being weighted in accordance with the weight-values associated with the items of content; (c) selecting at least a part of the content of the selected item of content to be one of the amounts of content in the ordered sequence of selected amounts of content; and (d) repeating steps (a), (b) and (c) until the presentation is complete.
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Specification