Patent ID: 6573908
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for editing moving image data and providing object information based on the moving image data for use in an object information providing system, the system including a server, a plurality of user interfaces and a communication network connecting the user interfaces to the server, the method comprising the steps of:(a) compressing the moving image data having a plurality of frames, thereby supplying compressed moving image frames; (b) storing the compressed moving image frames; (c) extracting frames from the compressed moving image frames in a preset extraction ratio by employing a predetermined technique, thereby obtaining extracted frames and location information thereof within the compressed moving image frames; (d) inserting one or more events at corresponding predetermined positions in each of the extracted frames to thereby supply modified frames, wherein each event is an image of predetermined shape indicating a corresponding object in each of the modified frames; (e) storing the modified frames; (f) at the server's end, offering an initial information page to a user through a corresponding user interface; (g) at the user's end, based on the initial information page, choosing a desired program having the compressed moving image frames through the corresponding user interface; (h) at the server's end, providing the desired program to the user; and (i) at the server's end, when the user selects a desired frame among the compressed moving image frames, supplying a matched modified frame corresponding to the selected desired frame based on the location information thereof, wherein the matched modified frame is a closest modified frame to the desired frame.