Patent ID: 8364020
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F,G11B

Abstract:
1. A textual annotation system for video recordings implemented comprising: a video recording file; an annotation interface, implemented in computing equipment, accepts and executes a set of user-selectable commands for a user-created annotation set, wherein the user-created annotation set contains a plurality of textual annotations and associated placement data, wherein each textual annotation corresponds to a specified time segment of the video recording, and wherein the placement data associated with a textual annotation of the annotation set includes a display location defining an area within the shared viewing space to display the textual annotation, a start time code corresponding to a time code value associated with a frame of the video recording file at which to begin displaying the textual annotation, and a duration value defining a length of time to display the textual annotation in the display location; and an annotation manager, implemented in computing equipment, that displays the user-created annotation set synchronously with the video recording file within a viewing space in real-time, wherein the video recording file contents are unaltered, and wherein the annotation manager is further compares a time code value corresponding to a frame of the video recording file that is currently displayed with the start time code value and, when the time code value of the frame matches the start time code for a textual annotation within the annotation set, displays the textual annotation at the defined display location for an amount of time equal to the duration value.