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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 19, 2021
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Su Liu, Austin, TX (US);

Yang Liang, Beijing, CN;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8549 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/8549 (2013.01); H04N 21/44213 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); H04N 21/8456 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments of the invention are directed to providing custom abridged versions of a media item. Aspects include receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a request for the media item and dividing the media item into a plurality of segments. Aspects also include determining a length of an available time for the user and creating the abridged version of the media item by combining a subset of the plurality of segments, where the runtime of the abridged version of the media item is less than the length of available time. Aspects further include transmitting, to the electronic device of the user, the abridged version of the media item.


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