AUTOMATIC GENERATION OF A COLLECTION OF CONTENT

• US 20140324902A1
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Morris, Katrika, Javor, Lauren, Neumiller, Kami
• Granted Patent: US 9,805,124 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/766
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A content collection system receives a natural language input and identifies a type of content to be collected based on the natural language input. Items of content from multiple different digital media types are collected from a plurality of different sources and organized in an order.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of identifying content for a collection, comprising:

displaying a query user interface to receive a user input query indicative of a subject of the collection;

accessing user information corresponding to a user;

automatically identifying items of content from a plurality of digital media types based on the user input query and the user information; and

adding the identified items of content to a collection, having a given format, for review.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 and further comprising:

automatically generating a table of contents for the identified items of content in the collection; and

displaying the table of contents.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a digital book; and

displaying a user actuatable input mechanism corresponding to the digital book, actuatable by the user to view the identified items of content in the digital book.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a list of tiles, each tile corresponding to an identified item of content, each tile being actuatable to view the corresponding identified item of content; and

displaying the list of tiles.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a list of user actuatable elements arranged along a timeline, each user actuatable element corresponding to one of the identified items of content, and being arranged along the timeline based on a date of authorship of the identified items of content, each user actuatable element being actuatable to view the corresponding identified item of content; and

displaying the list of user actuatable elements arranged along the timeline.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a webpage with links to the identified items of content, each link corresponding to an identified item of content, each link being actuatable to view the corresponding identified item of content; and

displaying the webpage.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 and further comprising:

displaying a domain customization user interface display to receive a domain customization user input to customize a domain name corresponding to the webpage.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 wherein displaying a domain customization user interface display comprises:

receiving a name user input indicative of a name of the collection; and

displaying available domain names identified based on the name of the collection.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 and further comprising:

receiving a user selection input selecting a given one of the available domain names; and

automatically purchasing the given domain name and customizing the domain name corresponding to the webpage with the given domain name.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to the collection, comprises:

arranging the identified items of content according to a predetermined order; and

adding the identified items of content to the collection in the predetermined order.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 wherein arranging the identified items of content comprises:

performing natural language understanding analysis on the identified items of content to identify a subject matter difficulty of each of the identified items of content; and

arranging the identified items of content according to the subject matter difficulty of each of the identified items of content.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 wherein arranging the identified items of content comprises:

performing natural language understanding analysis on the identified items of content to identify a concept progression reflected in the identified items of content; and

arranging the identified items of content according to the concept progression identified in the identified items of content.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the items of content comprises:

accessing the user information to identify a reading level of the user; and

identifying the items of content based on the reading level.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the items of content comprises:

receiving a user consumption time input indicative of a target consumption time;

identifying the consumption time for the identified items of content; and

filtering the items of identified content based on the identified consumption times for each identified item of content and the target consumption time.

15. A content collection system, comprising:

an automated stack generator displaying a query user interface to receive a user input query indicative of a subject of a collection, accessing user information corresponding to a user, automatically identifying items of content from a plurality of digital media types based on the user input query and the user information, and adding the identified items of content to a collection, having a given format, for review;

a display generator that generates a display that displays the collection in the given format; and

a computer processor being a functional part of the system and activated by the automated stack generator and the display generator to facilitate automatically identifying items of content, adding the identified items of content to the collection and generating the display.

16. The content collection system of claim 15 and further comprising:

a publishing component that publishes the collection in the given format to a user-selectable publication destination.

17. The content collection system of claim 16 and further comprising:

a natural language understanding (NLU) component that analyzes the identified items of content to obtain an analysis result; and

a sorting component that sorts the identified items of content into an order for presentation in the collection based on the analysis result from the NLU component.

18. A computer readable storage medium storing computer readable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method, comprising:

displaying a query user interface to receive a natural language user input query indicative of a subject of the collection;

accessing user information corresponding to a user;

automatically identifying items of content from a plurality of digital media types based on the natural language user input query and the user information; and

adding the identified items of content to a collection, having a given format, for review.

19. The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 and further comprising:

receiving a share user input indicative of a destination to share the collection in the given format; and

sharing the collection, in the given format, to the destination.

20. The computer readable storage medium of claim 19 wherein the share user input identifies a social network site as the destination, and wherein sharing the collection comprises:

sharing the collection, in the given format, to the social network site.