Patent ID: 7873982
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: G06K,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for creating and viewing customized multimedia streams, comprising: receiving a first content stream at a first multimedia display device, wherein the first content stream contains in-band data; displaying the first content stream to a user; receiving input from the user during display of the first content stream indicating a location within the first content stream that the user has selected; in response to receiving input from the user indicating the location, computing at least two hash values from the in-band data in a vicinity of the location and one or more time values, each time value indicating a period of time between generation of two sequential hash values of the at least two hash values; identifying metadata associated with the location; and storing the at least two hash values, the one or more time values, and the metadata as event identification data on at least one storage device at the first multimedia display device.