Patent ID: 8520088
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: capturing a digital video sequence with a digital video capture device, wherein the digital video sequence includes a plurality of video frames; storing the digital video sequence in a processor-accessible memory; identifying, using a processor, one or more key video snippets, each key video snippet corresponding to a set of video frames from the stored digital video sequence; assembling the one or more key video snippets to form a video summary; representing the video summary as metadata, wherein the metadata includes frame identification metadata providing an indication of the video frames in the digital video sequence corresponding to the video summary; and storing the metadata representing the video summary in the processor-accessible memory in association with the stored digital video sequence, wherein the stored metadata representing the video summary includes metadata providing an indication of video transition effects applied at boundaries between the one or more key video snippets.