Patent ID: 8386935

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, via at least one processing unit, input indicative of a starting point for a segment of a content stream, the content stream segment being a further content stream that is to be created from the content stream via a graphical user interface while the content stream is selected for playback by a media player in the graphical user interface; receiving, via the at least one processing unit, input indicative of an ending point for the content stream segment; receiving, via the at least one processing unit and while the content stream is selected for playback, at least one content summary selection property, the at least one content summary selection property for use in determining whether to include the content stream segment in a summary of the content stream, the summary being a summary content stream for playback and comprising one or more content stream segments; creating, via the at least one processing unit and while the content stream is selected for playback, the content stream segment using the starting point and the ending point; and collecting, via the at least one processing unit, information as metadata to be associated with the content stream segment, the metadata comprising the at least one content summary selection property and including the starting point and the ending point of the content stream segment, wherein the at least one content summary selection property and one of the starting point and ending point are received via a single user interaction with an icon displayed in the graphical user interface of the media player's window.