Closed captioning summarization
AssigneeCenturyLink Intellectual Property LLC
InventorsJohn R.B. Woodworth, Dean Ballew
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Abstract
Systems and methods for providing closed captioning summarization. Various options may be provided to summarize different portions of a media item (e.g., a last 5 minutes, the last 15 minutes, from the beginning of the show). Upon receiving a request for a summary, a closed captioning summarization service may extract a portion of closed captions of a corresponding closed caption file and generate a prompt for a language model (LM) instructing the language model to summarize the extracted portion. A summary received from the LM may be presented on a display concurrently with the media item to provide a recapitulation of a desired portion of the media item to the user without disrupting play of the media item.
Claims18
A method for providing closed captioning summarization, comprising:
- receiving a selection to summarize a preceding part of a media item;
- determining at least one timestamp corresponding to the selected preceding part;
- obtaining closed captions corresponding to the at least one timestamp;
- generating a language-model (LM) prompt including the closed captions and instructions to summarize the closed captions;
- providing the LM prompt to an LM;
- receiving, from the LM, a summary of the closed captions;
- and
- causing a display of the summary on a display screen.
A system for providing closed captioning summarization, comprising:
- a processing system;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the system to:
- receive a selection to summarize a preceding part of a media item;
- determine at least one timestamp corresponding to the selected preceding part;
- obtain a portion of closed captions corresponding to the at least one timestamp;
- generate summarization instructions to summarize the closed captions portion;
- include, in a language-model (LM) prompt, the summarization instructions and the closed captions portion;
- provide the LM prompt to an LM;
- receive, from the LM, a summary of the closed captions portion;
- and
- cause a display of the summary on a display screen.
A computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive a selection to summarize a preceding part of a media item;
- determine at least one timestamp corresponding to the selected preceding part;
- obtain a portion of closed captions corresponding to the at least one timestamp;
- generate summarization instructions to summarize the closed captions portion;
- include, in a language-model (LM) prompt, the summarization instructions and the closed captions portion;
- provide the LM prompt to an LM;
- receive, from the LM, a summary of the closed captions portion;
- and
- cause a display of the summary on a display screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.