Patent ID: 7483618
Filing Date: 2009-01-27
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for editing a visual recording stored on a data storage medium, comprising the steps of: evaluating data regarding the content of the visual recording and/or data regarding the manner in which the visual recording was obtained; selecting one or more clips of the visual recording to be included in a summary of the visual recording, based on the evaluation, wherein the selected clips of the visual recording comprise less than all of the visual recording, and wherein the step of selecting and/or the step of evaluating are performed, at least in part, automatically; and discarding parts of the visual recording not included in the visual recording summary so that the discarded parts of the visual recording are no longer stored on a data storage medium; modifying the result of the evaluation in accordance with an input provided by a viewer of the visual recording regarding the desirability of a part of the visual recording, wherein the step of selecting is based on the modified result of the evaluation; the step of modifying is implemented to modify the result of the evaluation in accordance with input provided by each of a plurality of viewers of the visual recording regarding the desirability of a part of the visual recording.