US 2014/0196066 A1 · Data Highlighting and Extraction

Abstract

We are facing an explosion in availability of online content, in particular accessing audio, video, and other data is considered to be driving the expansion of the Internet to accommodate access needs. However, time availability for accessing such data remains constrained and it is becoming more imperative that a technology be utilized to package the data for example, as a Collective Cut, to facilitate its consumption by pre-identifying portions of the data that are expected to be interesting to a consumer. Such packaging has many possibilities. For example, in the audio context, audio data could be presented to a consumer with specific portions of an audio presentation highlighted as the best portions to listen to if the consumer lacks sufficient time to listen to the entire presentation. In the video context, video highlights for a movie or other consumable data may be provided, allowing a consumer to electively skip through the highlights if there is insufficient time and/or interest in viewing the entire presentation.

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Dependent claims

A method for annotating consumable data, comprising:

first monitoring a first consumption of the consumable data by a first consumer;
determining a first interesting region of the consumable data based at least in part on the first monitoring;
second monitoring a second consumption of the consumable data;
determining a second interesting region of the consumable data based at least in part on the second monitoring;
and
determining a collection of interesting regions for the consumable data based at least in part on a refining of the first interesting region based at least in part on the second interesting region.

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An article comprising a machine-accessible media having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine annotating consumable data by performing:

first monitoring a first consumption of the consumable data by a first consumer;
determining a first interesting region of the consumable data based at least in part on the first monitoring;
second monitoring a second consumption of the consumable data;
determining a second interesting region of the consumable data based at least in part on the second monitoring;
and
determining a collection of interesting regions for the consumable data based at least in part on a refining of the first interesting region based at least in part on the second interesting region.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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