Summarizing a body of media by assembling selected summaries
First Claim
1. A method for summarizing a media presentation comprising a single body of media, the method comprising:
- storing a plurality of available partial summaries in memory, wherein each available partial summary describes content of a portion of the media presentation, the portion defined by one or more points of access in the body of media;
receiving an instruction to provide a user with an assembled summary of a specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation;
executing software stored in memory by a processor to;
determine one or more factors for providing the assembled summary, wherein the factors are specific to the user,select one or more available partial summaries from the plurality of available partial summaries stored in memory, the selection based on the one or more factors specific to the user and correlation to the specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation, andassemble the selected summaries to generate the assembled summary of the specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; and
providing the assembled summary to the user via an output device.
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Abstract
Bodies of media may be summarized in various ways depending on numerous factors, thus resulting in summaries that are tailored to particular desires of consumers. An instruction may be received to provide a summary of at least a portion of the body of media. Software stored in memory may then be executed by a processor to determine one or more factors for providing the summary. The summary may be selected, based on the one or more factors, from a plurality of available summaries stored in memory. The plurality of available summaries corresponds to the at least a portion of the body of media. Finally, the selected summary may be provided to a consumer via an output device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for summarizing a media presentation comprising a single body of media, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of available partial summaries in memory, wherein each available partial summary describes content of a portion of the media presentation, the portion defined by one or more points of access in the body of media; receiving an instruction to provide a user with an assembled summary of a specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; executing software stored in memory by a processor to; determine one or more factors for providing the assembled summary, wherein the factors are specific to the user, select one or more available partial summaries from the plurality of available partial summaries stored in memory, the selection based on the one or more factors specific to the user and correlation to the specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation, and assemble the selected summaries to generate the assembled summary of the specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; and
providing the assembled summary to the user via an output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for summarizing a media presentation comprising a single body of media, the system comprising:
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memory for storing a plurality of available partial summaries in memory, wherein each available partial summary describes content of a portion of the media presentation, the portion defined by one or more points of access in the body of media; a interface module stored in memory and executable by a processor to receive an instruction to provide a user with an assembled summary of a specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; a factor determination module stored in memory and executable by the processor to determine one or more factors for providing the assembled summary, wherein the factors are specific to the user; a factor analysis module stored in memory and executable by the processor to select one or more available partial summaries from the plurality of available partial summaries stored in memory, the selection based on the one or more factors specific to the user and correlation to the specific set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; and a summary module stored in memory and executable by the processor to assemble the selected summaries to generate the assembled summary of the specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; and a media output module stored in memory and executable by the processor provide the assembled summary to the user via an output device.
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20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a program embodied thereon, the program executable by a processor to perform a method for summarizing a media presentation comprising a single body of media, the method comprising:
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storing a plurality of available partial summaries in memory, wherein each available partial summary describes content of a portion of the media presentation, the portion defined by one or more points of access in the body of media; receiving an instruction to provide a user with an assembled summary of a specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; determining one or more factors for providing the assembled summary, wherein the factors are specific to the user; selecting one or more available partial summaries from the plurality of available partial summaries stored in memory, the selection based on the one or more factors specific to the user and correlation to the specified set of one or more continuous portions of the media presentation; assembling the selected summaries to generate the assembled summary of the specific portion of the media presentation; and providing the assembled summary to the user via an output device.
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