Systems and methods for processing electronic content

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed for processing electronic content, such as text, videos, and images. According to certain embodiments, user interactions with electronic content may be tracked over a plurality of modalities, such as web pages, email, mobile applications, and social media. The tracked user interactions may include copy/paste events, explicit user highlighting, social sharing, and user voting. Key passages of electronic content may be identified based on the tracked user interactions and ranked against one another. Ranking of passages may be based, for example, on a raw or normalized score for the identified key passages. Alternatively, the ranking of a passage may be based on a ratio of user interactions with the passage to total views of the electronic text containing the passage. One or more of the identified key passages (e.g., the highest ranked passages) may be published to one or more applications.

1 . A computer-implemented method for processing electronic content, the method comprising:
 tracking user interactions with electronic content over a plurality of modalities, wherein at least one of the plurality of modalities comprises a plurality of web pages published by a content publisher;   identifying, with at least one processor, key passages of the electronic content based on the tracked user interactions;   ranking the identified key passages; and   publishing at least one of the identified key passages to at least one application associated with the content publisher.   
     
     
         2 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein tracking user interactions with the electronic content over a plurality of modalities comprises tracking interactions of a plurality of users with the electronic content over a plurality of modalities. 
     
     
         3 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of modalities includes at least one of email, mobile applications, or social media. 
     
     
         4 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic content comprises at least one of text, videos, or images. 
     
     
         5 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein identifying key passages of the electronic content based on the tracked user interactions comprises identifying key passages based on user copy/paste events. 
     
     
         6 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 5 , wherein identifying key passages of the electronic content based on the tracked user interactions further comprises identifying key passages based on at least one of explicit highlighting, social sharing, or user voting. 
     
     
         7 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the electronic content comprises electronic text and wherein ranking the identified key passages comprises determining the ratio of user interactions with a key passage within the electronic text to total views of the electronic text. 
     
     
         8 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein publishing at least one of the identified key passages to at least one application associated with the content publisher comprises publishing the highest ranked of the identified key passages to at least one application associated with the content publisher. 
     
     
         9 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 filtering at least one of the identified key passages based on at least one of the number of words in the passage, the number of sentences in the passage, the capitalization of the passage, the presence of quotation marks in the passage, or the presence of ending punctuation in the passage.   
     
     
         10 . The computer-implemented method of  claim 1 , wherein the method further comprises:
 modifying the ranking of at least one published key passage based on a user interaction with the at least one published key passage through the at least one application associated with the content publisher.   
     
     
         11 . A system for processing electronic content, the system comprising:
 a database configured to store user behavior data received over an electronic network from a plurality of modalities, wherein at least one of the plurality of modalities comprises a plurality of web pages published by a content publisher; and   at least one processor in communication with the database and configured to:
 identify key passages of electronic content based on the user behavior data; 
 rank the identified key passages; and 
 publish the identified key passages to at least one application associated with the content publisher. 
   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the database is further configured to store user behavior data associated with a plurality of users. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of modalities includes at least one of email, mobile applications, or social media. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the electronic content comprises at least one of text, videos, or images. 
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to identify key passages based on user copy/paste events. 
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to identify key passages based on at least one of explicit highlighting, social sharing, or user voting. 
     
     
         17 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the electronic content comprises electronic text and wherein to rank the identified key passages the at least one processor is further configured to determine the ratio of user interactions with a key passage within the electronic text to total views of the electronic text. 
     
     
         18 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 publish the highest ranked of the identified key passages to at least one application associated with the content publisher.   
     
     
         19 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 filter at least one of the identified key passages based on at least one of the number of words in the passage, the number of sentences in the passage, the capitalization of the passage, the presence of quotation marks in the passage, or the presence of ending punctuation in the passage.   
     
     
         20 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
 modify the ranking of at least one published key passage based on a user interaction with the at least one published key passage through the at least one application associated with the content publisher.   
     
     
         21 . A computer readable storage medium that comprises instructions that are executable by at least one processor to perform a method for processing electronic content, the method comprising:
 tracking user interactions with electronic content over a plurality of modalities, wherein at least one of the plurality of modalities comprises a plurality of web pages published by a content publisher;   identifying, with at least one processor, key passages of the electronic content based on the tracked user interactions;   ranking the identified key passages; and   publishing at least one of the identified key passages to at least one application associated with the content publisher.   
     
     
         22 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein identifying key passages of the electronic content based on the tracked user interactions comprises identifying key passages based on user copy/paste events. 
     
     
         23 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein identifying key passages of the electronic content based on the tracked user interactions further comprises identifying key passages based on at least one of explicit highlighting, social sharing, or user voting. 
     
     
         24 . The computer readable storage medium of  claim 21 , wherein the electronic content comprises electronic text and wherein ranking the identified key passages comprises determining the ratio of user interactions with a key passage within the electronic text to total views of the electronic text.