Method and Apparatus for Recommending Video from Video Library

• US 20140223466A1
• Filed: 12/11/2013
• Published: 08/07/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Wang, Jing, Huang, Yasong, Xu, Jun
• Application Number:
  US14/103,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20140223466A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/14
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/251 Learning process for intelligent management, e.g. learning user preferences for recommending movies details of learning user preferences for the retrieval of video data in a video database G06F16/739; computer systems using learning methods G06N3/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles

Abstract

A method for recommending a video from a video library, and the method includes obtaining a user session composed of unrestricted content; analyzing semantics of the user session; according to the semantics of the user session, selecting subtitles that match the semantics of the user session from subtitles included in the video library, where the subtitles are used to answer the user session; from the video library, obtaining a video clip corresponding to the subtitles used to answer the user session; and presenting the video clip or sending the video clip so that a receiver can present the video clip. The embodiments of the present invention fulfill the objective of recommending a video to a user in a smart and personalized manner.

Claims

1. A method for recommending a video from a video library, comprising:

obtaining a user session composed of unrestricted content;

analyzing semantics of the user session;

selecting, according to the semantics of the user session, subtitles that match the semantics of the user session from subtitles included in the video library, wherein the subtitles are used to answer the user session;

obtaining, from the video library, a video clip corresponding to the subtitles used to answer the user session; and

either presenting the video clip or sending the video clip so that a receiver can present the video clip.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein selecting subtitles that match the semantics of the user session comprises selecting, according to the semantics of the user session and context information of the user session, the subtitles that match the semantics of the user session from the subtitles included in the video library, and wherein the context information of the user session comprises input time information of the user session, input position information of the user session, weather information in the input position at the input time, or user behavior habit information of the user session.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein selecting subtitles that match the semantics of the user session comprises:

using the semantics of the user session as an input;

calculating correlation separately for the subtitles in the video library;

ranking the subtitles in the video library according to a result of the correlation calculation; and

selecting a subtitles ranked first or high as the subtitles that matches the semantics of the user session.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein before obtaining the user session composed of unrestricted content, the method further comprises initiating a proactive session, wherein the proactive session is obtained according to context information of the proactive session, and wherein the context information of the proactive session comprises initiation time information of the proactive session, object position information of the proactive session, weather information in the object position at the initiation time, and user habit history information of a proactive session object.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein obtaining from the video library the video clip and presenting the video clip or sending the video clip so that a receiver can present the video clip comprises:

obtaining from the video library multiple video clips corresponding separately to multiple subtitles used to answer the user session; and

presenting the multiple video clips, or sending the multiple video clips so that the receiver can present the multiple video clips, and

wherein after obtaining from the video library multiple video clips and presenting the multiple video clips or sending the multiple video clips so that the receiver can present the multiple video clips, the method further comprises;

obtaining a video clip selection instruction of selecting a specified video clip from the presented multiple video clips; and

setting a video that comprises the selected specified video clip as a video to be played.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user session comprises a voice session or comprises a hybrid session that comprises the voice session and a text session, and wherein obtaining the user session composed of unrestricted content comprises receiving the voice session composed of unrestricted content or the hybrid session that comprises the voice session and the text session.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user session comprises a text session, and wherein obtaining the user session composed of unrestricted content comprises obtaining the text session composed of unrestricted content.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user session comprises a multilingual hybrid session, and wherein obtaining the user session composed of unrestricted content comprises obtaining the multilingual hybrid session composed of unrestricted content.

9. An apparatus for recommending a video from a video library, comprising:

a session obtaining module configured to obtain a user session composed of unrestricted content;

a semantics analyzing module configured to analyze semantics of the user session;

a subtitles selecting module is configured to select, according to the semantics of the user session, subtitles that match the semantics of the user session from subtitles included in the video library, wherein the subtitles are used to answer the user session;

a video clip obtaining module configured to obtain from the video library a video clip corresponding to the subtitles used to answer the user session; and

a video clip presenting module configured to either present the video clip or send the video clip so that a receiver can present the video clip.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the subtitles selecting module is configured to select, according to the semantics of the user session and context information of the user session, the subtitles used to answer the user session from the subtitles included in the video library, and wherein the context information of the user session comprises input time information of the user session, input position information of the user session, weather information in the input position at the input time, or user behavior information of the user session.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein selecting subtitles that match the semantics of the user session comprises:

using the semantics of the user session as an input;

calculating correlation separately for the subtitles in the video library;

ranking the subtitles in the video library according to a result of the correlation calculation; and

selecting a subtitles ranked first or high as the subtitles that matches the semantics of the user session.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a session initiating module, wherein the session initiating module is configured to initiate a proactive session before the user session composed of unrestricted content is obtained, wherein the proactive session is obtained according to context information of the proactive session, and wherein the context information of the proactive session comprises initiation time information of the proactive session, object position information of the proactive session, weather information in the object position at the initiation time, and user habit history information of a proactive session object.

13. The apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising a playing module, wherein the video clip obtaining module is configured to obtain from the video library multiple video clips corresponding separately to multiple subtitles used to answer the user session, wherein the video clip presenting module is configured to present the multiple video clips or is configured to send the multiple video clips so that a receiver can present the multiple video clips, wherein the session obtaining module is further configured to obtain a video clip selection instruction of selecting a specified video clip from the presented multiple video clips, and wherein the playing module is configured to set a video that comprises the selected specified video clip as the video to be played.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the session obtaining module is configured to obtain either the voice session composed of unrestricted content or a hybrid voice session that is composed of unrestricted content and includes a voice session and a text session.

15. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the session obtaining module is configured to obtain a text session composed of unrestricted content.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the session obtaining module is configured to obtain a multilingual hybrid session composed of unrestricted content.

17. A system for recommending a video from a video library, comprising:

a cloud server; and

a terminal device configured to;

receive a user session that is input by a user and composed of unrestricted content; and

send the user session to the cloud server;

wherein the cloud server is configured to;

receive the user session composed of unrestricted content;

analyze semantics of the user session;

select, according to the semantics of the user session, subtitles that match the semantics of the user session from subtitles included in the video library, wherein the subtitles are used to answer the user session;

obtain, from the video library, a video clip corresponding to the subtitles used to answer the user session; and

send the video clip to the terminal device; and

the terminal device is further configured to present the video clip.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the cloud server is further configured to:

initiate a proactive session; and

send the proactive session to the terminal device, wherein the proactive session is obtained according to context information of the proactive session,

wherein the context information of the proactive session comprises initiation time information of the proactive session, object position information of the proactive session, weather information in the object position at the initiation time, and user habit history information of a proactive session object, and

wherein the terminal device is further configured to;

receive the proactive session before receiving the user session composed of unrestricted content that is input by the user; and

present the proactive session to the user, wherein the received user session composed of unrestricted content is triggered by the proactive session.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the cloud server is further configured to:

obtain from the video library multiple video clips corresponding separately to multiple subtitles used to answer the user session;

obtain a video clip selection instruction of selecting a specified video clip from the multiple video clips;

set a video that comprises the selected specified video clip as the video to be played; and

send to the terminal device the video to be played, and

wherein the terminal device is further configured to;

receive the video to be played; and

play the video to be played.