Network-based service to provide on-demand video summaries of television programs
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
InventorsVijay K. Bhagavath, Robert Edward Markowitz, Joseph Thomas O'Neil
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Abstract
A network-based device allows customers to receive television programming and to view summaries of the programming. A method of providing the summaries comprises: dividing a received program into program segments each identified by index marks, summarizing each program segment into summary segments identified by similar index marks, generating metadata files for delimiting a beginning and an end of summary segments and program segments, storing the summary segments and accessing the summary segments to supply the summary segments in lieu of program segments upon demand.
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A computer-implemented method of providing summaries of programming to a recipient, the method comprising, at a network node:
- dividing a received program into program segments;
- summarizing and storing each program segment into a corresponding summary segment, wherein each summary segment includes audio, full-motion video, and at least one still picture;
- generating metadata files for delimiting a beginning and an end of summary segments and program segments;
- and
- upon a request from a user from a client device, supplying the summary segments in lieu of program segments, the summary segments being streamed in a first channel to the client device and the program segments being streamed in a second channel to the client device.
A computer-implemented method of facilitating selection and delivery of summaries of programming provided to recipients, the method comprising, at a network node:
- dividing the programming into program segments using program index markers;
- generating summary segments of parts of the program segments and generating summary index markers corresponding to the programming index markers, wherein each summary segment includes audio, full-motion video, and at least one still picture;
- generating metadata files for delimiting
- a beginning and an end of summary and the program segments and including indexing information for facilitating links between the program segments and the summary segments, wherein the metadata files are used to deliver summary segments to the recipient, the summary segments being streamed in a first channel to the client device and the program segment being streamed in a second channel to the client device.
A network-based system for delivering summaries of programming to a recipient, the system comprising:
- a processor;
- means for controlling the processor to divide a received program into program segments;
- means for controlling the processor to summarize and store each program segment into a corresponding summary segment, wherein each summary segment includes audio, full-motion video, and at least one still picture;
- means for controlling the processor to generate metadata files for delimiting a beginning and an end of summary segments and program segments;
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- means, upon a request from a user from a client device, for controlling the processor to supply the summary segments in lieu of program segments, the summary segments being streamed in a first channel to the client device and the program segment being streamed in a second channel to the client device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.