Topical-based media content summarization system and method

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium tangibly encoded with computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor associated with a computing device 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;
• 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;
• generating, using the first media content item, a plurality of first feature descriptor sets, each first feature descriptor set of the plurality corresponding to a segment of the plurality of segments and comprising values determined using the segment;
• identifying a first set of patterns from the plurality of first feature descriptor sets;
• generating a plurality of second feature descriptor sets, each second feature descriptor set, of the plurality, corresponding to a second media content item, of the plurality, and comprising values determined using the second media content item;
• identifying a second set of patterns from the plurality of second feature descriptor sets;
• determining, using the first and second sets of patterns, a shared dictionary comprising a number of shared patterns found in both the first and second sets of patterns;
• determining, using the shared dictionary, a score for each segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, the score determined for a segment, of the plurality of segments, is a measure of how representative the segment is of the first media content item;
• identifying a number of segments of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, each segment of the number being selected using its determined score;
• and
• 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 computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• a non-transitory storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the 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;
• 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;
• generating logic executed by the processor for generating, using the first media content item, a plurality of first feature descriptor sets, each first feature descriptor set of the plurality corresponding to a segment of the plurality of segments and comprising values determined using the segment;
• identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying a first set of patterns from the plurality of first feature descriptor sets;
• generating logic executed by the processor for generating a plurality of second feature descriptor sets, each second feature descriptor set, of the plurality, corresponding to a second media content item, of the plurality, and comprising values determined using the second media content item;
• identifying a second set of patterns from the plurality of second feature descriptor sets;
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining, using the first and second sets of patterns, a shared dictionary comprising a number of shared patterns found in both the first and second sets of patterns;
• determining logic executed by the processor for determining, using the shared dictionary, a score for each segment of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, the score determined for a segment, of the plurality of segments, is a measure of how representative the segment is of the first media content item;
• identifying logic executed by the processor for identifying a number of segments of the plurality of segments of the first media content item, each segment of the number being selected using its determined score;
• and
• 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.