Patent ID: 7996451

Claim:
A method implemented by an apparatus for using multimedia data, the apparatus including a processor, a storage device and a display, the method comprising: storing, in the storage device, metadata describing at least a portion of a video program, the described portion of the video program including at least one segment depicting a first character played by a first actor, said metadata having a multi-level hierarchical structure and including character list data describing persons associated with said video program, wherein said character list data allows content referencing based on user input, and wherein the character list data includes a first character list item corresponding to the first character depicted in the video program, the first character list item including a character name to identify the first character and an actor name to identify the first actor playing the first character in the video program; and using the processor in searching for said at least one segment depicting said first character based on said metadata to playback said at least one segment on the display.