we are facing an explosion in availability of online content , in particular accessing audio , video , and other data is considered to be driving the expansion of the internet to accommodate access needs . however , time availability for accessing such data remains constrained and it is becoming more imperative that a technology be utilized to package the data for example , as a collective cut , to facilitate its consumption by pre - identifying portions of the data that are expected to be interesting to a consumer . such packaging has many possibilities . for example , in the audio context , audio data could be presented to a consumer with specific portions of an audio presentation highlighted as the best portions to listen to if the consumer lacks sufficient time to listen to the entire presentation . in the video context , video highlights for a movie or other consumable data may be provided , allowing a consumer to electively skip through the highlights if there is insufficient time and / or interest in viewing the entire presentation .