Patent ID: 8868419

Claim:
A system for generating a text content summary from speech content, comprising: a processor; and memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions and wherein the instructions when executed comprise: instructions for receiving speech content, the speech content based upon an audio conversation between a first user and a second user; responsive to reception of at least one focus more signal issued by a the first user, instructions for associating said at least one focus more signal with a first time window, wherein said first time window is associated with a first portion of said speech content, wherein said associating said at least one focus more signal with a first time window further includes determining whether there is currently an active time window; instructions for determining whether to use said first portion of said speech content associated with said first time window to generate a text content summary based on how many of said at least one focus more signal are associated with said first time window; instructions for counting via a counting device configured to sum a number of physical user selections of said at least one focus more signal associated with its time window, wherein said counting device also sums a number of physical user selections of said at least one focus less signal associated with its time window, wherein the number of physical user selections corresponds to a number of physical user selections of an input mechanism at an electronic device; instructions for prioritizing one or more portions of the text content summary based upon, at least in part, the sum of the focus more signal and the sum of the focus less signal; and instructions for extracting key words from a subset of the one or more portions based on the prioritized portions of the text content summary; wherein said instructions for determining whether to use said first portion of said speech content comprises instructions for calculating a first focus level value PT, wherein PT=P 0 +N/T, of said first portion of said speech content associated with said first time window, wherein P 0 indicates a default focus level value, T indicates a length of said first time window, and N indicates a number of said at least one focus more signal, and said first focus level value PT of said first portion of said speech content associated with said first time window is ordered so as to use said first portion of said speech content when said first focus level value PT is greater when compared with any other portions of said speech content to generate said text content summary.