Patent ID: 8826320
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving a plurality of votes associated with a first video, each vote received from a user while the user is viewing the first video and defining an interval of the first video to which the vote corresponds, the plurality of votes comprising a first vote associated with a first interval and a second vote associated with a second interval different from the first interval; identifying, among the intervals defined by the votes, intervals that are similar to each other; forming a plurality of vote groups, each vote group including the votes corresponding to the intervals identified to be similar to each other; identifying a first one of the vote groups having a highest number of associated votes; and responsive to determining the first vote group having the highest number of associated votes, forming a first popular clip of the first video from video content of the intervals defined by the votes in the first vote group, the first popular clip being a continuous portion of the first video.