Patent ID: 9728230
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: G11B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of selecting video thumbnails used to represent a video file, the method comprising the steps of: (a) acquiring trending data from one or more content providers of the video file, wherein the trending data specifies a frequency with which segments of the video file were viewed by viewers, and wherein the trending data acquired further comprises annotations of the video file by viewers that reference the segments of the video file and which are obtained from social media sites; (b) using the trending data and a viewing frequency threshold to identify one or more of the segments of the video file that are popular among the viewers; and (c) adapting a selection of the video thumbnails used to represent the video file to the segments identified in step (b) that are popular among the viewers, and refining the selection of the video thumbnails to select portions of the segments of the video file referenced by the annotations.