Patent ID: 9569533
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y10S

Claim:
1. A method for use by a video media player interface of a video search system having a memory and a processor, the method comprising: displaying, using the processor, a video content containing a plurality of selectable video objects in the video media player interface and displaying a thumbnail structure having a plurality of thumbnails corresponding to a plurality of scenes in the video content, wherein search object data for identifying each of the plurality of selectable video objects from the video content is stored in the memory as search metadata; receiving, from a viewer, a selection of first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, wherein the selection by the viewer is made directly from the video content being displayed; identifying, from the search metadata in the memory, the search object data corresponding to the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; highlighting, in response to identifying the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects, one or more thumbnails of the plurality of thumbnails in the thumbnail structure, wherein the highlighted one or more thumbnails include the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; receiving, from the viewer, a selection of a thumbnail from the highlighted one or more thumbnails including the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects; and displaying, in response to receiving the selection of the thumbnail from the highlighted one or more thumbnails, the scene in the thumbnail including the selected first one of the plurality of selectable video objects.