Annotating programs for automatic summary generation
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1. A method comprising:
- receiving a program including both audio and video;
receiving meta data corresponding to the program, wherein the meta data comprises a plurality of probabilities, each corresponding to a portion of the program, the probabilities representing a probabilistic combination of sports-specific events and sports-generic events identified in the program; and
rendering, based on the meta data, portions of the program as a summary of the program.
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Abstract
Audio/video programming content is made available to a receiver from a content provider, and meta data is made available to the receiver from a meta data provider. The meta data corresponds to the programming content, and identifies, for each of multiple portions of the programming content, an indicator of a likelihood that the portion is an exciting portion of the content. In one implementation, the meta data includes probabilities that segments of a baseball program are exciting, and is generated by analyzing the audio data of the baseball program for both excited speech and baseball hits. The meta data can then be used to generate a summary for the baseball program.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving a program including both audio and video; receiving meta data corresponding to the program, wherein the meta data comprises a plurality of probabilities, each corresponding to a portion of the program, the probabilities representing a probabilistic combination of sports-specific events and sports-generic events identified in the program; and rendering, based on the meta data, portions of the program as a summary of the program. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a content provider to make programming content available to requesting clients; a metadata provider to make meta data, corresponding to the programming content, available to the requesting clients, wherein the meta data identifies, for each of a plurality of portions of the programming content, an indicator of a likelihood that the corresponding portion is an exciting portion of the programming content, and wherein the meta data comprises a plurality of probabilities, each corresponding to a portion of the programming content, the probabilities representing a probabilistic combination of sports-specific events and sports-generic events identified in the program content; and a plurality of receivers coupled to receive the programming content from the content provider and the meta data from the meta data provider. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of automatically summarizing a program, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of sports-generic events from the audio of the program; identifying a plurality of sports-specific events from the audio of the program; and identifying, by combining the sports-generic events and the sports-specific events, a set of portions of the program as a summary of the program wherein the sports-specific events comprise baseball hits, and wherein the sports-generic events comprise excited speech.
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