Automated, user-driven, and personalized curation of short-form media segments

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by a processing system including at least one processor, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining a plurality of candidate media segments for possible inclusion in a single stream of media segments that is personalized for a first user, wherein at least one candidate media segment of the plurality of candidate media segments comprises an excerpt from a media asset;
• selecting, based on a known media consumption behavior of the first user, a subset of the plurality of candidate media segments, wherein the subset includes candidate media segments of the plurality of candidate media segments that are to be included in the single stream of media segments;
• determining a context under which the first user is expected to consume the single stream of media segments, wherein the context under which the first user is expected to consume the single stream of media segments reflects a current activity in which the first user is engaged, and wherein the current activity affects an ability of the first user to watch a screen;
• modifying, at least one candidate media segment in the subset based on the known media consumption behavior of the first user and on the context under which the first user is expected to consume the single stream of media segments, wherein the modifying comprises at least one of:
• lengthening the at least one candidate media segment, shortening the at least one candidate media segment, or presenting only an audio portion of the at least one candidate media segment, to facilitate consumption of the at least one candidate media segment by the first user while the first user is engaged in the current activity;
• and
• compiling the subset into the single stream of media segments, wherein the single stream of media segments includes the at least one candidate media segment in the subset that was modified.

A device comprising:

• a processing system including at least one processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions which, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• obtaining a plurality of candidate media segments for possible inclusion in a single stream of media segments that is personalized for a first user, wherein at least one candidate media segment of the plurality of candidate media segments comprises an excerpt from a media asset;
• selecting, based on a known media consumption behavior of the first user, a subset of the plurality of candidate media segments, wherein the subset includes candidate media segments of the plurality of candidate media segments that are to be included in the single stream of media segments;
• determining a context under which the first user is expected to consume the single stream of media segments, wherein the context under which the first user is expected to consume the single stream of media segments reflects a current activity in which the first user is engaged, and wherein the current activity affects an ability of the first user to watch a screen;
• modifying, at least one candidate media segment in the subset based on the known media consumption behavior of the first user and on the context under which the first user is expected to consume the single stream of media segments, wherein the modifying comprises at least one of:
• lengthening the at least one candidate media segment, shortening the at least one candidate media segment, or presenting only an audio portion of the at least one candidate media segment, to facilitate consumption of the at least one candidate media segment by the first user while the first user is engaged in the current activity;
• and
• compiling the subset into the single stream of media segments, wherein the single stream of media segments includes the at least one candidate media segment in the subset that was modified.