System and method to create a media content summary based on viewer annotations

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising operational instructions, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

• receive from a user request from a user to create a media content summary, wherein the user request includes user-specified criterion;
• select a first subset of viewer annotation data based on at least one characteristic common to viewers that generated the first subset of viewer annotation data and the user that sent the user request;
• identify segments of the media content using a media content analyzer, the media content analyzer generated based on the first subset of viewer annotation data, wherein the identified segments have the first subset of viewer annotation data associated therewith;
• automatically change a size of each of the identified segments until a total size of the resized segments satisfies the user-specified criterion;
• include the resized segments in the media content summary;
• and
• send the media content summary for presentation at a display device.

A system, comprising:

• an input interface to receive a request from a user to generate a media content analyzer to identify segments of media content and to generate a media content summary based on the identified segments of media content;
• a generator module to:
• select a first subset of viewer annotation data based on at least one characteristic common to viewers that generated the first subset of viewer annotation data and the user associated with the request;
• and
• generate the media content analyzer based on the first subset of viewer annotation data;
• a selection module to select at least one segment of the identified segments for inclusion in the media content summary based on a user-specified criterion;
• and
• an output interface to send the media content summary including the at least one selected segment to a display device.

A computer implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, at a media server, a request from a user to generate a media content analyzer;
• analyzing a first set of viewer annotations associated with media content to determine at least one viewer response metric associated with the media content, the first set of viewer annotations generated by viewers;
• accessing media content analysis information associated with the media content;
• generating the media content analyzer adapted to approximate the media content analysis information based on the at least one viewer response metric;
• storing the media content analyzer in a memory;
• identifying segments of the media content using the media content analyzer, the identified segments having viewer annotations associated therewith;
• and
• automatically changing a size of each identified segment until a total size of the resized segments satisfies a user-specified criterion.