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Method and apparatus for presenting media programs

  • US 9,369,781 B2
  • Filed: 04/30/2014
  • Issued: 06/14/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/25/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • presenting, by a system comprising a processor, a media program synchronously at equipment of a plurality of users;

    collecting, by the system, data indicative of a plurality of temporal actions initiated by the equipment of each user of the plurality of users during the presentation of the media program, wherein the plurality of temporal actions are responsive to the presentation of the media program, wherein the data indicative of the plurality of temporal actions are collected in a collective metadata archive of temporal actions corresponding to the media program;

    receiving, by the system, from equipment of a first user of the plurality of users, threshold information indicative of a threshold number of the plurality of temporal actions;

    identifying, by the system, a plurality of portions of the media program based on the collective metadata archive for which a number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions exceeds the threshold number; and

    generating, by the system, a compacted presentation of the media program based on the collective metadata archive, wherein the compacted presentation comprises the plurality of portions of the media program for which the number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions initiated by the equipment of the plurality of users exceeds the threshold number, and wherein the plurality of portions of the media program are arranged consecutively.

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