Method and system for automatically selecting parts of a video and/or audio media content based on information obtained from social networks

A system comprising:

• an acquisition module for:
• acquiring at least one video content and audio content distributed to a plurality of individuals over a distribution time;
• and
• subdividing the distribution time of the at least one video content and audio content into two or more successive time intervals;
• a monitoring module for monitoring social network data of at least one online social network, wherein the monitored social network data are directly or indirectly related to the acquired at least one video content and audio content;
• a control module for:
• filtering the monitored social network data of the at least one online social network related to the acquired at least one video content and audio content by applying at least one filtering criterion based on a predetermined number of peaks in a time trend of a number of reactions of users, for identifying at least one part of the acquired at least one video content and audio content;
• and
• extracting, from the acquired at least one video content and audio content, said at least one identified part, wherein the monitoring, the filtering, and the extracting are performed in each time interval of the two or more successive time intervals;
• and
• a repository module for storing the extracted at least one identified part of the acquired at least one video content and audio content, and for making available to a user the stored extracted at least one identified part of the at least one video content and audio content,
• wherein the control module is configured for discarding at least one of the stored extracted at least one identified part in order to retain a predetermined number of extracted parts of the at least one video content and audio content corresponding to the predetermined number of peaks in a time trend of number of reactions of users.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having a computer program stored thereon, the computer program adapted to perform the following when executed by a computer system:

• receiving at least one video content and audio content distributed to a plurality of individuals over a distribution time;
• subdividing the distribution time of the at least one video content and audio content into two or more successive time intervals;
• in each time interval of the two or more successive time intervals:
• monitoring social network data of at least one online social network, wherein the monitored social network data are directly or indirectly related to the received at least one video content and audio content;
• filtering the monitored social network data of the at least one online social network related to the received at least one video content and audio content by applying at least one filtering criterion based on a predetermined metric, for identifying at least one part of the received at least one video content and audio content;
• extracting, from the received at least one video content and audio content, said at least one identified part;
• and
• storing, in a repository, the extracted at least one identified part of the at least one video content and audio content;
• making available, to a user, the extracted at least one identified part of the at least one video content and audio content;
• and
• discarding, from the repository, at least one of the stored at least one identified part in order to retain a predetermined number of extracted parts of the at least one video content and audio content corresponding to a predetermined number of identified parts based on the social network data of the at least one online social network, wherein the discarding is performed after the distribution time of the at least one video content and audio content.