System and method for automatically authoring interactive television content
First Claim
1. A method for generating interactive television content, comprising:
- determining, by a processor, a first plurality of keywords from a portion of a media source, wherein the first plurality of keywords is generated from a language analysis process on words collected from the portion of the media source;
selecting, by the processor, a second plurality of keywords from the first plurality of keywords, wherein the selecting the second plurality of keywords comprises scoring each of the first plurality of keywords based on a type of collection process that determined each of the corresponding first plurality of keywords, wherein a first type of collection process is always scored higher than a second type of collection process, wherein the second plurality of keywords is determined based upon one or more of the first plurality of keywords that have a score above a threshold;
searching, by the processor, a memory to identify a plurality of reference items related to the media source based upon the second plurality of keywords, wherein the plurality of reference items is external to the media source;
embedding, by the processor, the plurality of reference items into the media source; and
delivering, by the processor, the media source embedded with the plurality of reference items to a customer premises.
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Abstract
A system and method is provided to automatically generate content for ITV products and services by processing primary media sources. In one embodiment of the invention, keywords are automatically extracted from the primary media sources using one or more of a variety of techniques directed to video, audio and/or textual content of the multimodal source. In some embodiments, keywords are then processed according to one or more disclosed algorithms to narrow the quantity of downstream processing that is necessary to associate secondary sources (reference items) with the primary video source. Embodiments of the invention also provide automatic searching methods for the identification of reference items based on the processed keywords in order to maximize the value added by the association of reference items to the video source.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for generating interactive television content, comprising:
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determining, by a processor, a first plurality of keywords from a portion of a media source, wherein the first plurality of keywords is generated from a language analysis process on words collected from the portion of the media source; selecting, by the processor, a second plurality of keywords from the first plurality of keywords, wherein the selecting the second plurality of keywords comprises scoring each of the first plurality of keywords based on a type of collection process that determined each of the corresponding first plurality of keywords, wherein a first type of collection process is always scored higher than a second type of collection process, wherein the second plurality of keywords is determined based upon one or more of the first plurality of keywords that have a score above a threshold; searching, by the processor, a memory to identify a plurality of reference items related to the media source based upon the second plurality of keywords, wherein the plurality of reference items is external to the media source; embedding, by the processor, the plurality of reference items into the media source; and delivering, by the processor, the media source embedded with the plurality of reference items to a customer premises. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus for generating interactive television content, comprising:
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a processor; and a computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations, the operations comprising; determining a first plurality of keywords from a portion of a media source, wherein the first plurality of keywords is generated from a language analysis process on words collected from the portion of the media source; selecting a second plurality of keywords from the first plurality of keywords, wherein the selecting the second plurality of keywords comprises scoring each of the first plurality of keywords based on a type of collection process that determined each of the corresponding first plurality of keywords, wherein a first type of collection process is always scored higher than a second type of collection process, wherein the second plurality of keywords is determined based upon one or more of the first plurality of keywords that have a score above a threshold; searching a memory to identify a plurality of reference items related to the media source based upon the second plurality of keywords, wherein the plurality of reference items are external to the media source; embedding the plurality of reference items into the media source; and delivering the media source embedded with the plurality of reference items to a customer premises. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for generating interactive television content, comprising:
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an interface to a media source; an interface to a database, the database having a list of reference items, wherein the reference items are external to the media source; and an application server in communication with the interface to the database and the interface to the media source, the application server for determining a plurality of first key words from a portion of the media source, wherein the first plurality of keywords is generated from a language analysis process on words collected from the portion of the media source, for selecting a second plurality of keywords from the first plurality of keywords, wherein the selecting the second plurality of keywords comprises scoring each of the first plurality of keywords based on a type of collection process that determined each of the corresponding first plurality of keywords, wherein a first type of collection process is always scored higher than a second type of collection process, wherein the second plurality of keywords is determined based upon one or more of the first plurality of keywords that have a score above a threshold, for searching the database to identify a plurality of reference items related to the media source based upon the second plurality of keywords, for embedding the plurality of reference items into the media source, and for delivering the media source embedded with the plurality of reference items to a customer premises. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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