System for summary segment association and dynamic selection for viewing with a content item of interest

A device, comprising:

• a processing system including a processor;
• and
• a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving information about a content item of interest to a content consumer, the content item of interest including a sequence of segments of content, wherein a portion of the content item of interest was previously presented to the content consumer;
• determining a context of the content consumer;
• determining a level of engagement by the content consumer with the content item of interest;
• curating a summary segment for the content consumer based on the context of the content consumer, the summary segment comprising a plurality of segments of the sequence of segments of content, wherein the curating the summary segment comprises selecting one or more segments of the content item of interest based on the level of engagement by the content consumer;
• and
• presenting the summary segment to the content consumer to orient the content consumer to the content item of interest at a current viewing time of the content consumer.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a processing system including a processor, first information about a content item of interest to a content consumer, the content item of interest including a sequence of segments of content, wherein a portion of the content item of interest was previously presented to the content consumer;
• analyzing, by the processing system, the first information about the content item of interest;
• identifying, by the processing system, according to the analyzing, features of the content item of interest for playback to the content consumer, forming identified features of interest;
• receiving, by the processing system, second information about consumption of the content item of interest by the content consumer;
• preparing, by the processing system, a summary segment for the content item of interest, wherein the preparing the summary segment comprises selecting particular features from the identified features of interest based on the second information about consumption of the content item of interest by the content consumer to form the summary segment, the summary segment comprising a plurality of previously presented segments of the sequence of segments of content;
• determining, by the processing system, a current context of the content consumer;
• and
• providing, by the processing system, the summary segment to the content consumer according to the current context of the content consumer.