Video management system

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium, coupled to the one or more processors, storing program instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a search query including a set of search terms, the search query received from a user;
• identifying a profile for the user;
• determining a user skill based on the profile of the user;
• determining a set of question characteristics for the search query, the set of question characteristics based in part on the set of search terms, and the set of question characteristics including a question type;
• generating a topic model based in part on the question type and the user profile;
• generating a set of steps for an answer to the search query, the set of steps generated based in part on the set of question characteristics, the question type, the topic model, and relative to the user skill;
• identifying media content relevant to the set of steps;
• segmenting the media content to generate a set of media segments, each media segment of the set of media segments representing a portion of the media content;
• and
• combining the set of media segments based on the set of steps to generate a media answer to the search query.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions being executable by one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a search query including a set of search terms, the search query received from a user;
• identifying a profile for the user;
• determining a user skill based on the profile of the user;
• determining a set of question characteristics for the search query, the set of question characteristics based in part on the set of search terms, and the set of question characteristics including a question type;
• generating a topic model based in part on the question type and the user profile;
• generating a set of steps for an answer to the search query, the set of steps generated based in part on the set of question characteristics, the question type, the topic model, and relative to the user skill;
• identifying media content relevant to the set of steps;
• segmenting the media content to generate a set of media segments, each media segment of the set of media segments representing a portion of the media content;
• and
• combining the set of media segments based on the set of steps to generate a media answer to the search query.