Method and system for assembling animated media based on keyword and string input

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
• data retrieving logic executed by the processor for retrieving data from a plurality of data sources using an electronic search based on an input keyword;
• normalization logic executed by the processor for normalizing the data by extracting component parts of the data and re-writing the data in a structured format, the structured formatting storing each component part and an associated data type;
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining which component parts to insert into a set of templates;
• scoring logic executed by the processor for scoring each of the templates, the scoring comprising assigning an aggregate score to a template based on individual default scores associated with each data type of the component parts within the template;
• ordering logic executed by the processor for ordering the component-populated templates for playback based on aggregate scores of the templates;
• prioritizing logic executed by the processor for prioritizing the ordered templates by determining an amount of on-screen time for each template depending on a length of its contents;
• and
• animation generating logic executed by the processor for generating, for playback by a user, the animation using at least the data-populated templates, the normalized, structured format, and the prioritization.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium tangibly storing computer program instructions capable of being executed by a processor, the computer program instructions defining the steps of:

• retrieving, by the processor, data from a plurality of data sources using an electronic search based on an input keyword;
• normalizing, by the processor, the data by extracting component parts of the data and re-writing the data in a structured format, the structured formatting storing each component part and an associated data type;
• determining, by the processor, which component parts to insert into a set of templates;
• scoring, by the processor, each of the templates, the scoring comprising assigning an aggregate score to a template based on individual default scores associated with each data type of the component parts within the template;
• ordering, by the processor, the component-populated templates for playback based on aggregate scores of the templates;
• prioritizing, by the processor, the ordered templates by determining an amount of on-screen time for each template depending on a length of its contents;
• and
• generating, by the processor, for playback by a user, the animation using at least the data-populated templates, the normalized, structured format, and the prioritization.