Patent ID: 8606782
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: G06Q,G06T,G11C,H04N

Abstract:
1. An audiovisual device having a processor and a computer-readable storage medium operatively connected to said processor, said storage medium storing a segmentation description scheme in metadata of video presented on said audiovisual device, said video having a plurality of scenes, said segmentation scheme comprising: (a) a first segment identifier that identifies a location of a first video segment in a first program capable of presentation on said audiovisual device, where said first video segment is one of a first plurality of video segments of said first program, organized by said metadata into segment groups including at least one AlternativeGroups segment group, and including at least one TableofContents segment group, and including at least one other segment group that is not an AlternativeGroups segment group and is not a TableofContents segment group, each of said segment groups referencing at least one said segment of said first program, and where said metadata organizes said first plurality of video segments into a hierarchically nested relationship defined at least in part by constraints including: (b) a second segment identifier that identifies a location of a second video segment in a second program, different from said first program, and capable of presentation on said audiovisual device, where said second video segment is one of a second plurality of video segments of said second program, organized by said metadata into segment groups including at least one AlternativeGroups segment group, and including at least one TableofContents segment group, and including at least one other segment group that is not an AlternativeGroups segment group and is not a TableofContents segment group, each of said segment groups referencing at least one said segment of said second program, and where said metadata organizes said second plurality of video segments into a hierarchically nested relationship defined at least in part by constraints including: (c) where said processor interacts with said metadata to automatically present said first and second video segments contiguously to a user without storing either of said first video segment and said second video segment prior to presentation.