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MEDIA FILE SUMMARIZER

  • US 20170337273A1
  • Filed: 05/17/2016
  • Published: 11/23/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2016
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • detecting, using one or more processors, a request that a summary file be generated for a user, the request specifying a set of episodes of media content to be summarized by the summary file;

    accessing, using the one or more processors, a media database that stores one or more media files that each store a different episode among the set of episodes to be summarized, each media file including media frames that each have a different timecode in the media file;

    accessing, using the one or more processors, a communication database that stores records of communications among a group of users whose social relationships to the user are modeled by a social relationships database, the records each identifying a same media scene in a same episode among the set of episodes, a portion of the records each referencing a same media frame in the media scene in the episode;

    determining, using the one or more processors, an excerpt of the media file that stores the episode, the excerpt including the referenced media frame and being defined by a start timecode and a stop timecode that surround a timecode of the referenced media frame in the media file;

    generating, using the one or more processors, the summary file for the user, the summary file including the excerpt that includes the media frame referenced by each record in the portion of the records; and

    causing, using the one or more processors, the generated summary file to be provided to a device of the user in response to the request.

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