Systems and methods for generating summaries of missed portions of media assets

A method for generating a summary of a portion of a media asset, the method comprising:

• determining, based on a length of the portion of the media asset, an importance value;
• retrieving a plurality of summary segment identifiers;
• for each respective summary segment identifier:
• comparing an importance field of the respective summary segment identifier with the importance value;
• and
• in response to determining, based on the comparing, that the importance field of the respective summary segment identifier meets or exceeds the importance value, adding the respective summary segment identifier to a set of summary segment identifiers to be included in the summary;
• and
• causing to be displayed the summary of the portion of the media asset based on the set of summary segment identifiers.

A system for generating a summary of a portion of a media asset, the system comprising:

• communications circuitry;
• and
• control circuitry configured to:
• determine, based on a length of the portion of the media asset, an importance value;
• retrieve, using the communications circuitry, a plurality of summary segment identifiers;
• for each respective summary segment identifier:
• compare an importance field of the respective summary segment identifier with the importance value;
• and
• in response to determining, based on the comparing, that the importance field of the respective summary segment identifier meets or exceeds the importance value, add the respective summary segment identifier to a set of summary segment identifiers to be included in the summary;
• and
• cause to be displayed the summary of the portion of the media asset based on the set of summary segment identifiers.