Patent ID: 7552382
Filing Date: 2009-06-23
Classification: G06F,G11B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A data processing apparatus for processing media content comprised of a plurality of scenes, said apparatus comprising: a processor; a memory coupled to the processor; an input unit operable to input context description data including a plurality of segments each for describing one of said plurality of scenes of media content, said context description data also including a plurality of importance attributes each associated with a corresponding one of said plurality of segments, said importance attributes having a value representing a degree of contextual importance of said corresponding one of said plurality of segments; and an output unit operable to output at least one of said segments based on at least one of said importance attributes, wherein said context description data further includes a plurality of time attributes each associated with one of said plurality of segments for determining a start time and one of an end time and a duration of said one of said plurality of segments in relation to said media content, and wherein said context description data further includes linkage information for linking to dominant data that represents at least one of said segments.