Patent ID: 7904814
Filing Date: 2011-03-08
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of presenting information regarding a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising: (a) summarizing a video, said summarization comprising a plurality of segments of said video, based upon an event characterized by a semantic event that includes a sports play, where each of said segments includes a plurality of sequential frames of said video; (b) displaying said summarization in a first portion of a display; and (c) displaying a graphical user interface on a second portion of said display, simultaneously with said summarization, said interface sequentially indicating the relative location of each of said plurality of segments within said summarization relative to at least one other of said segments as each of said plurality of segments is displayed, each of said plurality of segments represented by a bounded spatial region on said second portion of said display, said bounded spatial region having a respective size based on the number of sequential frames included in the respective segment represented by said bounded spatial region; (d) displaying to a user said relative location for a first semantic characterization of a said sports play in said video using a first visual indication and displaying said relative location for a second semantic characterization of a said sports play in said video using a second visual indication different from said first visual indication, where said first and second semantic characterizations are each individually distinguishable when their associated visual indications graphically overlap; (e) receiving from said user, by interaction with said graphical user interface, a selection of one of said plurality of segments; (f) in response to said selection, presenting a selected one of said plurality of segments and not presenting at least one other of said plurality of segments; and (g) wherein a user selects a portion of said video not included within said plurality of segments, in response thereto, said system presents said selected portion not included within said plurality of segments, and wherein after presenting said selected portion not included within said plurality of segments presents said selected plurality of segments in temporal order without portions of said video not included within said plurality of segments, and wherein said user selects a portion of said video included within said plurality of segments, in response thereto, said system presents said portion of said video within said plurality of segments.