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

Claim 14:
15. A computer program product for personalizing playback of an audio stream, the computer program product comprising:
one or more computer-readable tangible storage medium and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage medium, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform 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.