Patent ID: 7877676

Claim:
A data processing method, using a data processing apparatus including a processor, for processing media content comprised of a plurality of scenes, said method comprising the steps of: Inputting context description data into said data processing apparatus, said context description data including: a data structure portion including a plurality of segments each for describing one of said plurality of scenes of media content, and an attribute portion that is attribute information of the media contents, said attribute portion including: a context attribute having a value for describing a context of one of said segments, and a plurality of importance attributes each associated with one of said segments and having a value representing a degree of contextual importance of said corresponding one of said segments; selecting, using said data processing apparatus, one or more of said plurality of segments based on at least one of said importance attributes; and extracting, using said data processing apparatus, one or more scenes from said media content, wherein said extracted scenes are the scenes described by said one or more selected segments.