Patent ID: 8483513

Claim:
A computer implementable method comprising: (a) generating at least one saliency map, the at least one saliency map characterized by at least a number of pixels equal to a number of pixels within a source audiovisual content and each pixel within the at least one saliency map having a value associated with it which is determined in dependence upon determining at least a saliency for the corresponding pixel within the source audiovisual content: (b) generating at least one reduced saliency map, the at least one reduced saliency map generated by applying at least one predetermined scaling factor to the at least one saliency map, wherein the at least one predetermined scaling factor is determined in dependence upon at least a characteristic of at least one of a device upon which the computer implementable method is in execution and the source audiovisual content; (c) applying a path determination process to the at least one reduced saliency map, the path determination process for identifying a sequence of pixels within the at least one reduced saliency map that meet a predetermined condition; and (d) modifying the source audiovisual content in dependence upon at least the sequence of pixels.