System and method to create a media content summary based on viewer annotations

A computer-readable storage device comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, from a user device, a request to create a media content summary, wherein the request includes a user-specified criterion;
• identifying segments of the media content based on annotation data, wherein the annotation data includes annotations associated with the segments, wherein a subset of the annotations indicate a content type associated with a corresponding segment of the segments, and wherein a particular segment of the segments is identified based on a number of corresponding annotations and based on a particular content type indicated by the subset of the annotations;
• selecting particular segments of the segments of media content based on a number of annotations associated with each of the segments;
• generating resized segments by changing a size of one or more of the particular segments until a total size of the resized segments satisfies the user-specified criterion;
• generating the media content summary including the resized segments;
• and
• transmitting the media content summary to the user device, wherein a total size of the media content summary is less than a total size of the media content.

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• an input interface configured to receive a request to generate a media content summary from a user device, wherein the request includes a user-specified criterion;
• a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
• identify segments of the media content based on annotation data, wherein the annotation data includes annotations associated with the segments, wherein a subset of the annotations indicate a content type associated with a corresponding segment of the segments, and wherein a particular segment of the segments is identified based on a number of corresponding annotations and based on a particular content type indicated by the subset of the annotations;
• select particular segments of the segments of media content based on a number of annotations associated with each of the segments;
• generate resized segments by changing a size of one or more of the particular segments until a total size of the resized segments satisfies the user-specified criterion;
• and
• generate the media content summary including the particular segments;
• and
• an output interface configured to transmit the media content summary to the user device, wherein a total size of the media content summary is less than a total size of the media content.