Method and apparatus for presenting media programs

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to collect one or more temporal actions initiated by each of a plurality of users while presenting a media program to said plurality of users, generate one or more symbolic overlays according to the one or more temporal actions collected for each user, and combine the presentation of the media program with a presentation of the one or more symbolic overlays. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
identifying, by a system comprising a processor, a media program being presented at a first display device; receiving, by the system, a request from a second display device to establish synchronous presentation of the media program being presented at the first display device; synchronously presenting, by the system, the media program at the first display device and the second display device of a plurality of users; recording, by the system, a plurality of temporal actions initiated by equipment of the I plurality of users while the media program is presented; preparing, by the system, a graphical representation of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions recorded during respective portions of the media program; receiving, by the system, from equipment of a user of the plurality of users, a selectable threshold number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions indicating popular portions of the media program; identifying, by the system, the respective popular portions of the media program with metadata for which the number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions exceeds the selectable threshold number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions; and preparing, by the system, a compacted presentation of the media program based on the metadata, wherein the compacted presentation comprises the respective popular portions of the media program for which the number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions initiated by the equipment of the plurality of users exceeds the selectable threshold number of occurrences of the plurality of temporal actions, and wherein a length of the compacted presentation is determined based on the selectable threshold.