IP Library Patent Application 11917165
Patent Application
App. No. 11/917,165

DEVICE FOR ENABLING TO REPRESENT CONTENT ITEMS THROUGH META SUMMARY DATA, AND METHOD THEREOF

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11/917,165
Abstract

The invention relates to a method of enabling to represent content items, the method comprising a step of obtaining a plurality of content item summary data of a respective one of the content items. The invention also relates to a device ( 210 ) for enabling to represent content items. The method comprises steps of—(HO) obtaining a plurality of content item summary data of a respective one of the content items, ( 130 ) determining a rating of each content item summary data, ( 140 ) selecting, from the plurality of the content item summary data, at least one further content item summary data on the basis of the respective rating, and—( 150 ) enabling to generate meta summary data including the at least one further content item summary data.

Claims (23)

1 . A method of enabling to represent content items, comprising:

obtaining a plurality of content item summary data of a respective one of the content items;

determining a rating of each content item summary data;

selecting, from the plurality of the content item summary data, at least one further content item summary data on the basis of the respective rating; and

enabling to generate meta summary data including the at least one further content item summary data.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in order to obtain the plurality of content item summary data, proessing at least one of the content items and generating respective at least one of the plurality of the content item summary data.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising clustering the plurality of content item summary data into one or more groups if respective content items have the same attribute characterizing the content items.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the obtaining, determining, selecting, enabling and clustering are independently performed for a respective one of the groups of content item summary dataz: in order to generate a plurality of meta summary data for the respective groups.

5 . The method of claim 4 , further comprising merging the plurality of meta summary data into a multi-attribute meta summary data.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the content items have broadcast times, and the further content item summary data are included in the meta summary data by taking into account the broadcast times of the respective content items.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the rating is determined on the basis of a criterion related to an importance of the respective one of the content items or of the respective one of the plurality of content item summary data.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the rating is dependent on a genre of the respective content item.

9 . A device for enabling to represent content items, the device comprising a data processor configured to

obtain a plurality of content item summary data of a respective one of the content items,

determine a rating of each content item summary data,

select, from the plurality of the content item summary data, at least one further content item summary data on the basis of the respective rating, and

enable to generate meta summary data including the at least one further content item summary data.

10 . (canceled)

11 . A computer readable storage medium containing software instructions which, when executed, perform the acts comprising:

obtaining a plurality of content item summary data of a respective one of the content items;

determining a rating of each content item summary data;

selecting, from the plurality of the content item summary data, at least one further content item summary data on the basis of the respective rating; and

enabling to generate meta summary data including the at least one further content item summary data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2008
From: KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
To: PACE MICRO TECHNOLOGY PLC
Reel/Frame 021243/0122 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2007
From: DIMITROVA, NEVENKA; AGNIHOTRI, LALITHA; BARBIERI, MAURO
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N V
Reel/Frame 020226/0695 →