Automatic summarisation for a television programme suggestion engine based on consumer preferences

摘要

A method and an apparatus for effecting the method are proposed that allow to define a subset of video signals from a source set of video signals on the basis of meta data available for the source set of video signals. The meta data assign a generic term to a sub-section of the audio channel of the source set of video signals, a class description to one or more sub-units of the sub-section for classifying the origin of the respective sub-unit, a category allocation to a segment, which is formed by a string of one or more classified sub-units of a sub-section, and a rating value to the segment for rating the reliability of the category allocation of the segment. The method includes steps for selecting segments of a sub-section with a rating value above a defined threshold value, assigning a priority value to each category, and specifying a first subset of video signals by defining an arrangement of selected segments by an order based on the respective priority and rating values related to each segment.