Method and apparatus for generating information associated with a lapsed presentation of media content

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• determining a media program in progress;
• predicting an arrival time of a user of a communication device to a viewing area based on a trajectory of the communication device;
• detecting a missed portion of the media program based on the arrival time to the viewing area;
• initiating, based on the arrival time, a request for a synopsis of the missed portion of the media program;
• obtaining, responsive to the initiating, the synopsis of the missed portion of the media program in progress when the request was initiated, wherein the missed portion is determined from a first time when the media program was initiated by a first viewer and a second time when the request is initiated based on the arrival time of the user, wherein the first viewer is different from the user;
• identifying subject matter in a segment of content in the media program that has not been presented;
• determining a viewing significance of the subject matter in the segment of content and a size of the missed portion of the media program, wherein the subject matter is not advertising content;
• determining a particular time for providing the synopsis based on the viewing significance of the subject matter of the segment of content;
• determining resources of the communication device for presenting the synopsis;
• identifying a presentation type for the synopsis according to the resources of the communication device;
• formatting the synopsis according to the presentation type, wherein the synopsis includes an image;
• and
• initiating, over a wireless communication link, a presentation of the synopsis at the particular time via the communications device, wherein the synopsis is presented on a display of the communication device.

A method, comprising:

• determining, by a processing system including a processor, a media program in progress;
• predicting, by the processing system, an arrival time of a user of a communication device to a viewing area based on a trajectory of the communication device;
• detecting, by the processing system a missed portion of the media program based on the arrival time to the viewing area;
• initiating, by the processing system, based on the arrival time, a request for a summary of the missed portion of the media program;
• generating, by the processing system, the summary of the missed portion of the media program, wherein the missed portion is determined from a first time when the media program was initiated by a first viewer and a second time when the request is initiated based on the arrival time of the user, wherein the first viewer is different from the user, wherein generating the summary includes determining resources of the communication device for presenting the summary, identifying a presentation type for the summary according to the resources of the communication device, and generating the summary according to the presentation type, wherein the summary includes an image;
• identifying, by the processing system, subject matter in a next segment of content in the media program that has not been presented;
• determining a viewing significance of the subject matter of the next segment of content and a size of the missed portion of the media program;
• determining, by the processing system, a particular time for presenting the summary according to the viewing significance of the subject matter of the next segment of content and the size of the missed portion of the media program;
• and
• initiating, by the processing system, over a wireless communication link, a presentation of the summary at the particular time to the communication device, wherein the presentation of the summary is presented on a display of the communication device.