Inventors:
Todd H. Vernon - Lafayette CO, US
Emmanuel Puentes - Erie CO, US
Daniel M. Jones - Niwot CO, US
Randal W. Brumbaugh - Monrovia CA, US
International Classification:
G06F 17/30
Abstract:
A system and method for extracting representative media content from an online document is described. One illustrative embodiment identifies a content section in the electronic document; identifies one or more media items referenced or contained in the content section; identifies, among the one or more media items, at least one image that satisfies one or more predetermined criteria applied during an analysis pertaining to the one or more media items; selects, from among the at least one image that satisfies the one or more predetermined criteria, a particular image as the representative image; and stores information about the representative image.