Content processing systems and methods

• US 9,245,001 B2
• Filed: 08/11/2014
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SRI International, Inc.
• Inventors: Nitz, Kenneth C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mofiz, Apu
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khoshnoodi, Fariborz
• Application Number:
  US14/456,892
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149447A1
• Time in Patent Office: 533 Days
• Field of Search: 707/758
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

A content processing system may include any of a number of content processing techniques such as condensed content management, multi-content compilation management, associated content compilation management, recommended content management, and content cluster management.

Claims

1. A machine-controlled method, comprising:

a computing device receiving a first content pertaining to an event;

the computing device determining identification information corresponding to the first content;

the computing device determining at least one topic associated with the first content;

the computing device searching for and retrieving at least a second content based at least in part on the identification information and the at least one topic;

the computing device adding at least one of a tag, a timestamp, and a comment to the at least a second content;

the computing device incorporating the at least a second content into an associated content compilation;

storing the associated content compilation;

the computing device separating the at least a second content into a plurality of sub-portions;

the computing device identifying a first sub-plurality of the sub-portions that each have at least one of a plurality of heuristically derived words, a second sub-plurality of sub-portions comprising the sub-portions that are not within the first sub-plurality; and

the computing device extracting at least some of the first sub-plurality of sub-portions from the content, wherein the incorporating comprises the computing device organizing the extracted ones of the first sub-plurality of sub-portions into a condensed content.

2. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, wherein the searching for and retrieving comprises retrieving a plurality of secondary contents, and further comprising the computing device selecting less than a totality of the plurality of secondary contents.

3. The machine-controlled method of claim 2, wherein the selecting comprises the computing device assigning a relevance value to each of the plurality of secondary contents.

4. The machine-controlled method of claim 3, wherein the selecting further comprises the computing device selecting each of the plurality of secondary contents having a relevance value exceeding a particular threshold.

5. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a third content pertaining to the event.

6. The machine-controlled method of claim 5, further comprising:

the computing device determining identification information corresponding to the third content;

the computing device determining at least one topic associated with the third content;

the computing device searching for and retrieving at least a fourth content based at least in part on the identification information and the at least one topic;

the computing device incorporating the third content and the at least a fourth content into the associated content compilation.

7. The machine-controlled method of claim 1, further comprising presenting the associated content compilation to a user.

8. The machine-controlled method of claim 7, wherein the presenting comprises displaying the associated content compilation on a display coupled with the computing device.

9. The machine-controlled method of claim 8, further comprising another computing device retrieving the associated content compilation, wherein the presenting comprises displaying the associated content compilation on a display coupled with the other computing device.

10. The machine-controlled method of claim 7, wherein the associated content compilation is arranged in a descending chronological manner.

11. The machine-controlled method of claim 7, wherein the associated content compilation is structured such that the at least a second content is viewable by a user before the first content is viewable by the user.