Content customization

• US 9,037,956 B2
• Filed: 03/29/2012
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audible Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Audible Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Goldstein, Douglas S., Arora, Ajay, Hwang, Douglas, Story, Guy A. Jr., Yang, Shirley C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Zarka, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Russell, Richard M
• Application Number:
  US13/434,538
• Publication Number:
  US 20130257871A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,146 Days
• Field of Search: 715741-744
• US Class Current: 715/200
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/322 used signal is digitally coded

Abstract

A content processing service may analyze an item of original content and identify several objects, attributes of those objects, and relationships between those objects present in the item of original content. The content processing service may also analyze a source graph, such as a social graph or supplemental graph, and identify several objects, attributes of those objects, and relationships between those objects present in the source graph. The content processing service may customize the item of original content by selecting an original object and selecting a source graph object. One or more of the attributes or relationships of the selected original object in the item of original content may be replaced by one or more of the attributes or relationships of the selected source graph object, thereby forming an item of modified content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

under control of one or more computing devices configured with specific computer executable instructions,

identifying a plurality of original objects in an item of original content;

selecting an original object comprising at least one original attribute from the plurality of original objects;

selecting, from a source other than the item of original content, a replacement object comprising at least one attribute;

replacing, in the item of original content, at least one original attribute of the selected original object with at least one attribute of the selected replacement object to form an item of modified content;

determining a coherence value for the item of modified content, wherein the coherence value is based at least in part on a number of times that two or more words included in the item of modified content appear together in a plurality of items of original content; and

based at least in part on a determination that the coherence value does not satisfy a threshold value, replacing, in the item of modified content, the at least one attribute of the selected replacement object with at least one of;

a different attribute of the selected replacement object or an attribute of a different replacement object.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising identifying, in the item of original content, a relationship between the selected original object and a second original object.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the replacement object is selected based at least in part on a determination that a relationship between the selected replacement object and a second replacement object is identical to the relationship between the selected original object and the second original object.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein a relationship between the selected replacement object and a second replacement object is different from the relationship between the selected original object and the second original object.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4 further comprising replacing, in the item of original content, the relationship between the selected original object and the second original object with the relationship between the selected replacement object and the second replacement object.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the source other than the item of original content comprises a source graph.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the source graph comprises a social graph.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the social graph is maintained by a social networking service and indicates a structure of one or more relationships between a user and each of a plurality of social graph objects.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the replacement object comprises a social graph object selected from the social graph, wherein the replacement object is selected from the social graph based at least in part on a relationship between the selected social graph object and at least a second social graph object from the social graph.

10. A computer-implemented method comprising:

under control of one or more computing devices configured with specific computer-executable instructions,

selecting an original object from an item of original content, wherein the original object comprises at least one original attribute;

selecting a replacement object from a source other than the item of original content;

replacing, in the item of original content, at least one original attribute of the selected original object with at least one attribute of the replacement object to form an item of modified content;

determining a coherence value for the item of modified content, wherein the coherence value is based at least in part on a number of times that two or more words included in the item of modified content appear together in a plurality of items of original content; and

based at least in part on a determination that the coherence value does not satisfy a threshold value, replacing, in the item of modified content, the at least one attribute of the selected replacement object with at least one of;

a different attribute of the selected replacement object or an attribute of a different replacement object.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the item of original content comprises text.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the item of original content comprises a computer game.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the original object is selected based at least partially on user input.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the replacement object is selected based at least partially on user input.

15. The computer-implemented method of Claim 10 further comprising:

based at least in part on the determination that the coherence value does not satisfy the threshold value, replacing, in the item of modified content, at least one original attribute of a second original object selected from the item of original content with at least one attribute of a second object selected from the source other than the item of original content.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 further comprising:

based at least in part on the determination that the coherence value does not satisfy the threshold value, restoring, in the item of modified content, the replaced at least one original attribute of the selected original object; and

replacing, in the item of modified content, at least one original attribute of a second original object selected from the item of original content with at least one attribute of the replacement object.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 further comprising:

identifying at least one updated attribute of the replacement object; and

replacing, in the item of modified content, the at least one attribute of the replacement object with at least one updated attribute.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein at least one of the two or more words is the at least one attribute of the selected replacement object.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the determination that the coherence value does not satisfy the threshold value comprises a determination that the coherence value is below the threshold value.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 further comprising presenting at least a portion of the item of modified content.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 20, wherein the at least a portion of the item of modified content presented comprises at least one of text, audio, an image, or video.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 20 further comprising receiving one or more indications of further changes to the item of modified content.

23. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, configure the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising:

from an item of original content comprising a plurality of original objects, selecting an original object, the selected original object comprising original attributes;

selecting a replacement object from a source other than the item of original content;

replacing, in the item of original content, the original attributes of the selected original object with attributes of the replacement object to form an item of modified content;

determining a coherence value for the item of modified content, wherein the coherence value is based at least in part on a number of times that two or more words included in the item of modified content appear together in a plurality of items of original content; and

based at least in part on a determination that the coherence value does not satisfy a threshold value, replacing, in the item of modified content, at least one attribute of the selected replacement object with at least one of;

a different attribute of the selected replacement object or an attribute of a different replacement object.

24. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the item of original content comprises at least one of an electronic book or a computer game.

25. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining at least one user profile.

26. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 25, wherein the selection of the replacement object is based at least partially on the obtained at least one user profile.

27. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein the operations further comprise obtaining at least one rights-holder profile affiliated with the item of original content.

28. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein the selection of the original object from the plurality of original objects is based at least partially on the obtained at least one rights-holder profile.

29. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 27, wherein selecting the replacement object comprises determining that the selected replacement object is a permissible replacement object in the item of original content based at least in part on the at least one rights-holder profile.

30. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 23, wherein determining the coherence value for the item of modified content comprises generating clusters for a plurality of objects and attributes in the item of modified content.

31. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 30, wherein the coherence value is based at least in part on the compactness of at least one of the generated clusters.

32. A system for processing content, the system comprising:

an electronic content data store configured to store a plurality of items of original content, each of the plurality of items of original content comprising a plurality of original objects, each original object comprising at least one original attribute; and

a computing device, comprising one or more physical processors, that is in communication with the electronic content data store and is configured to at least;

access an item of original content from the electronic content data store;

replace, in the item of original content, at least one original attribute of an original object with at least one attribute of a replacement object to form an item of modified content, wherein the replacement object is selected from a source other than the item of original content;

determine a coherence value for the item of modified content, wherein the coherence value is based at least in part on a number of times that two or more words included in the item of modified content appear together in the plurality of items of original content; and

based at least in part on a determination that the coherence value does not satisfy a threshold value, replace, in the item of modified content, the at least one attribute of the replacement object with at least one of;

a different attribute of the replacement object or an attribute of a different replacement object.

33. The system for processing content of claim 32, wherein the computing device is further configured to at least:

present at least a portion of the item of modified content; and

receive, a desired further modification to the item of modified content.