Patent ID: 7739601

Claim:
A system that monitors reaction to a media scene, comprising: a scene retriever that retrieves a scene from a media store and retrieves from the media store annotating metadata associated with the scene; a metadata analyzer that analyzes the annotating metadata of the retrieved scene together with annotating metadata of at least one other scene in the media store in order to identify a relationship; a playlist generator that evaluates the relationship and produces a playlist of related scenes retrieved from the media store based on the relationship; a viewer that displays the playlist of related scenes; a feedback receiver that monitors passive feedback in response to the playlist displayed by the viewer, the passive feedback comprises at least a user's emotional reaction as inferred by monitoring the user's facial expression using an image capture device and recognizing the user's emotional reaction via the monitored facial expressions; and a playlist updater that updates the playlist based at least in part on the passive feedback.