Generating Activity Summaries

• US 20150339374A1
• Filed: 05/20/2015
• Published: 11/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Smarr, Joseph Robert, Agarawala, Anand, Lider, Brett Rolston, Eidelson, Benjamin David
• Granted Patent: US 10,372,735 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/26 Visual data mining; Browsing structured data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/287 Visualization; Browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

A system and method for generating activity summaries for users. User activity information is received by a user activity information receiver module. Once enough data is received and processed, the data is analyzes and segmented to determine and create an activity summary or story. Content is selected. The selection of the content includes selection of content items, such as multimedia items, e.g. pictures and videos. Secondary information, such as user activity information or location information is analyzed. A story is generated based on the selected content, including the selected content. The story is represented by a display of the selected media and other information associated with the media.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, using one or more computing devices, activity information, wherein the activity information includes user activity information;

segmenting the activity information to create an activity summary;

generating a visual representation of the activity summary; and

sending, using the one or more computing devices, the visual representation of the activity summary for display.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the activity information also includes at least one content item.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein segmenting the activity information is based on a categorization of the activity information based on a commonality.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the at least one content item is a multimedia item.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 wherein generating the visual representation of the activity summary utilizes the at least one content item.

6. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, using one or more computing devices, activity information, wherein the activity information includes user activity information and at least one content item;

categorizing the activity information;

grouping the categorized activity information based on a commonality; and

generating an activity summary, the activity summary including the grouped user activity information;

generating a visual representation of the activity summary; and

sending, using the one or more computing devices, the visual representation of the activity summary for display.

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

ranking the grouped activity information based on relevance to the user.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, further comprising:

determining when a group is complete.

9. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computer causes the computer to:

receive activity information, wherein the activity information includes user activity information;

segment the activity information to create an activity summary;

generate a visual representation of the activity summary; and

send the visual representation of the activity summary for display.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the activity information also includes at least one content item.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein segmenting the activity information is based on a categorization of the activity information based on a commonality.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 wherein the at least one content item is a multimedia item.

13. The computer program product of claim 12 wherein generating the visual representation of the activity summary utilizes the at least one content item.

14. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the system to;

receive activity information, wherein the activity information includes user activity information;

segment the activity information to create an activity summary;

generate a visual representation of the activity summary; and

send the visual representation of the activity summary for display.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the activity information also includes at least one content item.

16. The system of claim 14 wherein segmenting the activity information is based on a categorization of the activity information based on a commonality.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein the at least one content item is a multimedia item.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein generating the visual representation of the activity summary utilizes the at least one content item.