Patent ID: 8132204
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for gathering video asset information to assist a user in selecting one or more video assets for viewing, the one or more video assets being available from a plurality of different video asset sources, the system comprising: a back end component comprising a metadata database that receives native metadata attached to a video asset and a first portion of customized metadata information associated with the one or more video assets from at least one external source, the back end component including a data extractor to automatically extract a second portion of customized metadata information from a content portion of the one or more video assets, the first and second portions of customized metadata information identifying a property of the video asset with which it is associated; wherein the back end component is configured to augment the native metadata with the first and second portions of customized metadata, the back end component further configured to analyze and link the one or more video assets according to at least one metadata category, the metadata category being a function of the received first and second portions of customized metadata information, and wherein at least one grouping of video assets contains video assets available from the different video asset sources; and a receiver device configured to format the linked one or more video assets for presentation to the user so that the user can select and view the one or more video assets irrespective of the video asset source.