Topical based media content summarization system and method

A digital content summarization system server comprising:

• a processor and a non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the stored program logic comprising:
• obtaining logic executed by the processor for obtaining, for a first media content item having associated descriptive information, a plurality of second media content items as auxiliary data, the obtaining using the descriptive information associated with the first media content item, the first media content item comprising a plurality of units;
• generating logic executed by the processor for generating a media content item feature space comprising a first number of feature vectors comprising feature descriptor values representing the first media content item, the generating further comprising generating an auxiliary data feature space comprising a second number of feature vectors comprising feature descriptor values representing the plurality of second media content items as the auxiliary data, obtained using the descriptive information;
• identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying a plurality of segments of the first media content item, each segment comprising at least one unit of the first media content item's plurality of units;
• scoring logic executed by the processor for scoring each segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, scoring a segment of the plurality of segments comprising determining a distance between the auxiliary data feature space and at least one feature vector of the first number of feature vectors, the at least one feature vector representing the segment, each segment's score representing a measure of similarity of the segment to the descriptive information represented by the auxiliary data feature space;
• identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying at least one segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item as more similar to the descriptive information, based on its determined distance to the auxiliary data feature space representing the descriptive information, relative to others of the plurality of segments using the scoring of the plurality of segments;
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• generating logic executed by the processor for generating a summary of the first media content item, the summary comprising the at least one segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, identified as being more similar to the descriptive information.

A computer readable non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon computer readable instructions that when executed by a digital content summarization system server perform a method comprising:

• obtaining, for a first media content item having associated descriptive information, a plurality of second media content items as auxiliary data, the obtaining using the descriptive information associated with the first media content item, the first media content item comprising a plurality of units;
• generating a media content item feature space comprising a first number of feature vectors comprising feature descriptor values representing the first media content item, the generating further comprising generating an auxiliary data feature space comprising a second number of feature vectors comprising feature descriptor values representing the plurality of second media content items as auxiliary data, obtained using the descriptive information;
• identifying a plurality of segments of the first media content item, each segment comprising at least one unit of the first media content item's plurality of units;
• scoring each segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, scoring a segment of the plurality of segments comprising determining a distance between the auxiliary data feature and at least one feature vector of the first number of feature vectors, the at least one feature vector representing the segment, each segment's score representing a measure of similarity of the segment to the descriptive information represented by the auxiliary data feature space;
• identifying at least one segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item as more similar to the descriptive information, based on its determined distance to the auxiliary data feature space representing the descriptive information relative to others of the plurality of segments using the scoring of the plurality of segments;
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• generating a summary of the first media content item, the summary comprising the at least one segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, identified as being more similar to the descriptive information.