System and method for generating a multimedia summary of multimedia streams
US7738778B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 28, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N5/147
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system facilitates and enhances review of one or more multimedia input streams that includes some combination of video, audio and text information, generating a multimedia summary, thereby enabling a user to better browse and/or decide on viewing the multimedia input streams in their entirety. The multimedia summary is constructed automatically, based in part on system specifications, user specifications and network and device constraints. In a particular application of the invention, the input multimedia streams represent news broadcasts (e.g., television news program, video vault footage). In such a particular application, the invention can enable the user to automatically receive a summary of the news stream in accordance with previously provided user preferences and in accordance with prevailing network and user device constraints.
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