Presentation of content in a window of time

A system for use with a computer that is configured to host a viewing application that allows a plurality of content items to be presented to a user, the system comprising:

• one or more computer processor circuits that are configured to host a sharing analysis application that is configured to perform a method comprising:
• receiving a window of time and a user profile corresponding to the user;
• identifying a content preference and a presentation preference within the user profile;
• selecting the plurality of content items based on the content preference;
• prioritizing the plurality of content items, based on the presentation preference, that results in a plurality of prioritized content items;
• determining, for each prioritized content item, a topic of the prioritized content item;
• grouping the plurality of prioritized content items according to at least respective topics of each prioritized content item;
• generating a plurality of presentation options, each presentation option including two or more prioritized content items, wherein generating the plurality of presentation options includes:
• predicting a predicted duration for each prioritized content item from the plurality of prioritized content items;
• and
• creating two or more presentation options, wherein each presentation option has an aggregate estimated time that is less than or equal to the window of time, the aggregate estimated time for a respective presentation option being a combined total of the predicted durations for each prioritized content item in the respective presentation option;
• determining a selected presentation option from the plurality of presentation option, the selected presentation option having two or more presented content items;
• and
• presenting the presented content items corresponding to the selected presentation option to the user.

A computer program product for selecting a content item from a plurality of content items to fit within a window of time comprising a computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:

• receive the window of time and a user profile;
• identify a content preference and a presentation preference within the user profile;
• select the plurality of content items based on the content preference;
• prioritize the plurality of content items, based on the presentation preference, that results in a plurality of prioritized content items;
• determine, for each prioritized content item, a topic of the prioritized content item;
• group the plurality of prioritized content items according to at least respective topics of each prioritized content item;
• generate a plurality of presentation options, each presentation option including two or more prioritized content items, wherein generating the plurality of presentation options includes:
• predicting a predicted duration for each prioritized content item from the plurality of prioritized content items;
• and
• creating two or more presentation options, wherein each presentation option has an aggregate estimated time that is less than or equal to the window of time, the aggregate estimated time for a respective presentation option being a combined total of the predicted durations for each prioritized content item in the respective presentation option;
• determine a selected presentation option from the plurality of presentation option, the selected presentation option having two or more presented content items;
• and
• present the presented content items corresponding to the selected presentation option.