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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2016
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CN;
Huamin Qu, Hong Kong, CN;
Conglei Shi, New York, NY (US);
Siwei Fu, Hong Kong, CN;
Qing Chen, Hong Kong, CN;
THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Kowloon, HK;
Abstract
The present teaching relates to analyzing user activities related to a video. The video is provided to a plurality of users. The plurality of users is monitored to detect one or more types of user activities performed in time with respect to different portions of the video. One or more visual representations of the monitored one or more types of user activities are generated. The one or more visual representations capture a level of attention paid by the plurality of users to the different portions of the video at any time instance. Interests of at least some of the plurality of users are determined with respect to the different portions of the video based on the one or more visual representations.