Automatic generation of a collection of content

• US 9,805,124 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Issued: 10/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Morris, Katrika, Javor, Lauren, Neumiller, Kami
• Primary Examiner(s): HASAN, SYED HAROON
• Application Number:
  US13/869,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20140324902A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,650 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/338 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A content collection system receives a natural language input and identifies a type of content to be collected based on the natural language input. Items of content from multiple different digital media types are collected from a plurality of different sources and organized in an order.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of identifying content for a collection, comprising:

displaying a user interface to receive a natural language user input indicative of a subject of the collection;

automatically accessing user profile information corresponding to a user;

causing an automated stack generator to use a search engine to identify items of content from a plurality of remote sources of digital media based on the natural language search user input, the user information and a defined time period within which the collection is to be created; and

adding the identified items of content to a collection, having a given format, for review within the defined period.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 and further comprising:

automatically generating a table of contents for the identified items of content in the collection; and

displaying the table of contents.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a digital hook; and

displaying a user actuatable input mechanism corresponding to the digital book, actuatable by the user to view the identified items of content in the digital book.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a list of tiles, each tile corresponding to an identified item of content, each tile being actuatable to view the corresponding identified item of content; and

displaying the list of tiles.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to a collection comprises:

formatting the identified items of content as a list of user actuatable elements arranged along a timeline, each user actuatable element corresponding to one of the identified items of content, and being arranged along the timeline based on a date of authorship of the identified items of content, each user actuatable element being actuatable to view the corresponding identified item of content; and

displaying the list of user actuatable elements arranged along the timeline.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the defined time period is specified in the natural language user input.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6 and further comprising:

displaying a domain customization user interface display to receive a domain customization user input to customize a domain name corresponding to the webpage.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 wherein displaying a domain customization user interface display comprises:

receiving a name user input indicative of a name of the collection; and

displaying available domain names identified based on the name of the collection.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8 and further comprising:

receiving a user selection input selecting a given one of the available domain names; and

automatically purchasing the given domain name and customizing the domain name corresponding to the webpage with the given domain name.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein adding the identified items of content to the collection, comprises:

arranging the identified items of content according to a predetermined order; and

adding the identified items of content to the collection in the predetermined order.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 wherein arranging the identified items of content comprises:

performing natural language understanding analysis on the identified items of content to identify a subject matter difficulty of each of the identified items of content; and

arranging the identified items of content according to the subject matter difficulty of each of the identified items of content.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 10 wherein arranging the identified items of content comprises:

performing natural language understanding analysis on the identified items of content to identify a concept progression reflected in the identified items of content; and

arranging the identified items of content according to the concept progression identified in the identified items of content.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the items of content comprises:

accessing the user information to identify a reading level of the user; and

identifying the items of content based on the reading level.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein identifying the items of content comprises:

receiving a user consumption time input indicative of a target consumption time;

identifying the target consumption time for the identified items of content; and

filtering the items of identified content based on the identified consumption times for each identified item of content and the target consumption time.

15. A content collection system, comprising:

an automated stack generator configured to display a user interface to receive a search user input indicative of a subject of a collection of content and a timing input within which generation of the collection of content must be completed, access user information corresponding to a user, automatically identify items of content from a plurality of remote resources based on the search user input, the timing input, and the user information, and add the identified items of content to a collection, having a given format, for review within a time limit defined by the timing input; and

a display generator that generates a display that displays the collection in the given lot mat.

16. The content collection system of claim 15 and further comprising:

a publishing component that publishes the collection in the given format to a user-selectable publication destination.

17. The content collection system of claim 16 and further comprising:

a natural language understanding (NLU) component that analyzes the identified items of content to obtain an analysis result; and

a sorting component that sorts the identified items of content into an order for presentation in the collection based on the analysis result from the NLU component.

18. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

displaying a query user interface to receive a natural language user input indicative of a subject of the collection;

accessing user information corresponding to a user;

receiving a timing input that defines a time period within which the content will be generated;

automatically identifying items of content from a plurality of remote resources based on the natural language user input, the user information and the timing input;

adding the identified items of content to a collection, having a given format, for review within the time period.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 18 and further comprising:

receiving a user consumption time input indicative of a time limit of consumption;

identifying a consumption time for the identified items of content; and

prioritizing the identified items of content based on the identified consumption time for each identified item of content and the time limit of consumption.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 18, and further comprising a share user input that identifies a social network site as a destination to share the collection, and wherein sharing the collection comprises:

sharing the collection, in the given format, to the social network site.