Patent ID: 11922824
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A | IPC A  G

Claim 7:
8. A computer system for personalizing playback of an audio stream, the computer system comprising:
one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more memories, wherein the computer system is capable of performing a method comprising:
sectioning the audio stream into one or more content blocks and one or more filler blocks in real time as the audio stream is received through a network connection;
determining one or more topics associated with the one or more filler blocks;
determining a level of complexity associated with the one or more filler blocks;
determining a listener's level of interest in and level of comprehension of the one or more topics;
based on the level of complexity, the level of interest, and level of comprehension corresponding to the one or more topics, assigning a playback speed to the one or more content blocks associated with the one or more topics; and
playing the one or more content blocks to the listener at the assigned playback speed.