SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OBTAIN CONTENT AND GENERATE MODIFIED CONTENT BASED ON TIME LIMITED CONTENT INFORMATION

• US 20140250452A1
• Filed: 05/16/2014
• Published: 09/04/2014
• 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
• Granted Patent: US 10,091,551 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/29
• 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;

a memory; and

a processor configured to perform operations including modifying the content to generate modified content, the modified content based on time limited content consumption information associated with the target consumer, and storing the modified content in the memory, wherein the modified content has a length that is less than or equal to a period of time defined by the time limited content consumption information.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein modifying the content 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, wherein the content includes first content from a first content source and second content from a second content source, and wherein the modified content includes modified first content from the first content source and modified second content from the second content source .

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the first content source is distinct from the second content source.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the first content includes traffic information and the second content includes information related to an email account associated with the target consumer.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the first content is modified to generate the first modified content based on a first user preference associated with the first content source and wherein the second content is modified to generate the second modified content based on a second user preference associated with the second content source.

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

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first content is video content, wherein the first modified content is audio content, and wherein the first delivery format indicates audio.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the operations further include:

initiating transmission of the modified content to a first electronic device associated with the target consumer; and

initiating transmission of a marked portion of the modified content to a second device associated with the target consumer, wherein the marked portion is distinct from a second portion of the modified content sent to the first electronic device, and wherein the marked portion is not delivered to the first electronic device.

9. A method comprising:

receiving information associated with a target consumer that indicates a time limited content consumption period; and

modifying content based on the information to generate modified content, the modified content stored in a computer memory prior to transmission.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the time limited content consumption period is determined based on particular information extracted from at least a portion of the content, metadata of the content, or a combination thereof, and wherein a playback period of the modified content is less than or equal to the time limited content consumption period.

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

12. The method of claim 9, wherein modifying the content 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.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the time limited content consumption period is determined based on a time of day, information retrieved from a calendar, an amount of time required to perform a task that impacts an availability of the target consumer to view the modified content, or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the time limited content consumption period is determined based on information from user input of the target consumer including a button press on a remote control, speech, a first response to a first prompt delivered to a mobile device, a second response to a second prompt delivered to an electronic device of the target consumer, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the content includes text, and wherein modifying the content includes performing text-to-speech conversion of the text.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising sending the modified content to a first electronic device associated with the target consumer.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein a portion of the modified content is marked as a marked portion for delivery to a second electronic device associated with the target consumer, and further comprising sending the marked portion of the modified content to the second electronic device.

18. The method of claim 9, wherein the time limited content consumption period is periodically updated.

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

obtaining content on behalf of a target consumer;

modifying the content based on time limited content consumption information associated with the target consumer to produce modified content, wherein the content includes first content from a first content source and second content from a second content source, and wherein the modified content includes modified first content from the first content source and modified second content from the second content source; and

sending the modified content to a device associated with the target consumer.

20. The computer-readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the modified content includes an audible cue associated with a particular portion of the modified content, the audible cue played before the particular portion of the modified content.