Patent ID: 8332403

Claim:
A method of generating a climax profile representing a dramatic characteristic of a story presented in one or more episodes of audio/video (A/V) content which cumulatively form a series, comprising the steps of: acquiring an A/V signal; sampling said A/V signal to sample screen changes of the A/V content and, when present, subtitles of the A/V content of respective episodes to obtain sample values; calculating, by a processor, from said sample values, a number of screen changes or an amount of subtitles of a respective episode; generating vectors having values derived from said calculated number of screen changes or amount of subtitles; arranging said vectors in a time series to generate an intra-episode climax profile; calculating from said vectors representative values of plural intra-episode climax profiles; calculating, by a processor, from plural intra-episode climax profiles of the episodes in a series, the climax profile of said series by arranging said representative values of said plural intra-episode climax profiles in a time series to produce the series climax profile; storing said respective intra-episode climax profiles and said series climax profile; and using a processor to classify the stored intra-episode climax profiles and the stored series climax profiles as predetermined types of profiles.