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Google patents AI summaries for skipped video parts

This filing describes a system that uses generative models to create short summaries of video segments you skip. When you fast-forward, the system generates a brief recap of the missed content and plays it before resuming the video at your new spot.

Why it mattersIt could make skipping through long videos less jarring by providing context for what you missed, potentially improving the viewing experience for users who skip ads or recaps.

In the filing’s own words

Implementations described herein are directed to utilizing generative model(s) (GM(s)) to summarize portion(s) of multimedia content that are skipped and causing the summarized portion(s) of the multimedia content that are skipped to be rendered as a transition between the skipped portion(s) of the multimedia content. Processor(s) of a system can: receive, during playback of the multimedia content, an indication to skip from a current portion of the multimedia content to a different portion of the multimedia content; process, using a GM, at least a corresponding segment of an intermediate portion of the multimedia content that is between the current portion and the different portion to generate a summary of the intermediate portion; and cause the summary of the intermediate portion to be rendered prior to resuming playback of the multimedia content at the different portion.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method implemented by one or more processors, the method comprising: receiving, during playback of multimedia content at a client device of a user, an indication to skip from a current portion of the multimedia content to a different portion of the multimedia content; processing, using a generative model (GM), GM input to generate GM output, the GM input including at least a corresponding segment of an intermediate portion of the multimedia content that is between the current portion of the multimedia content and the different portion of the multimedia content; determining, based on the GM output, a summary of the intermediate portion of the multimedia content; and causing the summary of the intermediate portion of the multimedia content to be rendered at the client device and prior to resuming playback of the multimedia content at the different portion of the multimedia content.

Facts

Company
Google (GOOGLE LLC)
Official title
GENERATIVE TRANSITIONING FOR SEAMLESS MULTIMEDIA SKIPPING
Publication number
US20260270535A1
Application number
19076177
Filed
Mar 11, 2025
Published
Sep 10, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
20

Classified under

H04N 21/8549 Electricity & electronicsH04N 21/47217 Electricity & electronics
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