Patent ID: 6616700
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of converting a video into multiple markup language presentations for different devices and users, said method including the steps of:creating a video database containing shot and key frame information of said video; generating at least one of audio, visual and textual content for presentation dependent upon display capabilities of said different devices and user specified criteria, said generating step including the sub-steps of: if said presentation is to contain visual content, determining a heuristic measure for a desired image for display on said different devices, said heuristic measure being dependent upon either a Display Dependent Significance Measure (DDSM), or said DDSM and a user supplied significance measure; if said presentation is to contain visual content, ranking and selecting one or more images from said video to be displayed dependent upon said heuristic measure; if said presentation is to contain audio content, extracting an audio stream from said video; if said presentation is to contain textual content, selecting said textual content from video annotation and/or a transcript associated with said video; and creating multiple static and/or dynamic markup language documents dependent upon said display capabilities of said different devices and said user specified criteria for different presentations on said different devices, each document containing at least a portion of said generated audio, visual and textual content catering for a presentation on a corresponding device.