Methods and systems for annotation and truncation of media assets

A method for truncating media assets, the method comprising:

• receiving, using control circuitry, a media asset comprising a series of frames;
• comparing, using the control circuitry, first content presented to a user at a first frame in the series of frames, and second content presented to the user at a second frame in the series of frames to determine a level of difference between the first content and the second content;
• determining, using the control circuitry, that the first frame corresponds to a scene transition of a first scene based on the level of difference;
• in response to determining that the first frame corresponds to the scene transition of the first scene, selecting, using the control circuitry, a third frame in the series of frames to include in a truncated version of the media asset based on the third frame appearing in the series of frames a predetermined number of frames from the first frame;
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• generating for simultaneous display, on a local device, the media asset in a first portion of a user interface and the third frame in a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion of the user interface corresponds to the truncated version, and wherein the third frame represents the first scene in the truncated version.

A non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause operations comprising:

• receiving a media asset comprising a series of frames;
• comparing first content presented to a user at a first frame in the series of frames, and second content presented to the user at a second frame in the series of frames to determine a level of difference between the first content and the second content;
• determining that the first frame corresponds to a scene transition of a first scene based on the level of difference;
• select a third frame in the series of frames to include in a truncated version of the media asset based on the third frame appearing in the series of frames a predetermined number of frames from the first frame in response to determining that the first frame corresponds to the scene transition of the first scene;
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• generate for simultaneous display, on a local device, the media asset in a first portion of a user interface and the third frame in a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion of the user interface corresponds to the truncated version, and wherein the third frame represents the first scene in the truncated version.