# US 12,010,371 B2 · Information processing apparatus, video distribution system, information processing method, and recording medium > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,371 B2 - Document ID: US12010371B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/923,935 - Filed: 2020-05-18 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-18 - Assignees: NEC Corporation - Applicants: NEC Corporation - Inventors: Katsumi Kikuchi; Haruna Watanabe; Yu Nabeto; Soma Shiraishi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010371B2 ## CPC - H04N 21/2668: Creating a channel for a dedicated end-user group, e.g. insertion of targeted commercials based on end-user profiles {(information retrieval from the Internet by querying with filtering and personalisation G06F16/9535; arrangements for replacing or switching information during the broadcast H04H20/10; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; adaptation of message content in packet-switching networks H04L51/063)} - H04N 21/854: Content authoring - G11B 27/031: Electronic editing of digitised analogue information signals, e.g. audio or video signals - H04N 5/91: Television signal processing therefor - H04N 21/2393: {involving handling client requests (scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60)} - H04N 21/8456: {by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments} - H04N 21/8549: Creating video summaries, e.g. movie trailer {(retrieval in video databases by using presentations in form of a video summary G06F16/739)} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G11B: INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER (recording measured values in a way that does not require playback through a transducer G01D9/00; recording or playback apparatus using mechanically marked tape, e.g. punched paper tape, or using unit records, e.g. punched or magnetically marked cards G06K; transferring data from one type of record carrier to another G06K1/18; circuits for coupling output of reproducer to radio receiver H04B1/20; gramophone pick-ups or like acoustic electromechanical transducers or circuits therefor H04R) ## Abstract An information processing apparatus generates structural information of a digest video from a video material. In the information processing apparatus, a video acquisition means acquires a video material. A condition acquisition means acquires a generation condition for generating the digest video from the creator. A generation means generates structural information indicating a structure of the digest video that is generated based on the video material based on the generation condition, and outputs the generated structural information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus comprising: a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to: acquire a video material; acquire a generation condition from a creator in order to generate a digest video; generate structural information indicating a structure of the digest video which is generated from the video material based on the generation condition, and store the generated structural information and attached information concerning the creator in a database; and acquire, upon receiving a request for the structural information indicating at least a portion of the attached information, the structural information corresponding to the portion of the attached information from the database, and send the acquired structural information to a request originator. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation condition indicates at least one of attributes of the creator, a length of the digest video, and information specifying a subject to be included in the digest video. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the generation condition includes at least one of a time zone during which a viewer views the digest video and a date and time when the material video used to generate the digest video was generated. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor extracts a plurality of important scenes from the video material based on the generation condition; and the structural information includes information indicating videos of the plurality of important scenes being extracted. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the processor extracts features for each of a plurality of scenes included in the video material, calculates a score of importance of the features based on the generation condition, and extracts each scene for which the score of importance exceeding a predetermined threshold, as one of the important scenes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The information processing apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the structural information includes information indicating each related video that is related to the important scenes; and the structural information includes at least one of a previous video related to the important scenes, a video related to a subject appearing in the important scenes, and a commentary video related to the important scenes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor acquires respective generation conditions from a plurality of creators; and the processor generates the structural information based on the respective generation conditions acquired from the plurality of creators. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A video distribution system comprising: the information processing apparatus according to claim 1; the database configured to store the structural information generated by the information processing apparatus; a video material database configured to store the video material; and a distribution device configured to distribute the digest video, wherein the distribution device acquiring, from the database, the structural information being requested when receiving a request of the structural information from a playback device and sending the acquired structural information to the playback device; and acquiring a video of an important scene included in the structural information when receiving a playback request indicating the structural information from the playback device, and sending the acquired video to the playback device. ### Claim 9 An information processing method performed by a computer and comprising: acquiring a video material; acquiring a generation condition from a creator in order to generate a digest video; generating structural information indicating a structure of the digest video which is generated from the video material based on the generation condition, and storing the generated structural information and attached information concerning the creator in a database; and acquiring, upon receiving a request for the structural information indicating at least a portion of the attached information, the structural information corresponding to the portion of the attached information from the database, and sending the acquired structural information to a request originator. ### Claim 10 A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program, the program causing a computer to perform a process comprising: acquiring a video material; acquiring a generation condition from a creator in order to generate a digest video; generating structural information indicating a structure of the digest video which is generated from the video material based on the generation condition, and storing the generated structural information and attached information concerning the creator in a database; and acquiring, upon receiving a request for the structural information indicating at least a portion of the attached information, the structural information corresponding to the portion of the attached information from the database, and sending the acquired structural information to a request originator.