Patent ID: 8351761

Claim:
A video identification system, comprising: a first unit, that stores plural signatures characterizing segments of video that are requested to be edited during playback; a comparing unit which operates to obtain a reduced resolution version of full resolution video which will be played at a future time, and to compare said reduced resolution version of said video that will be played at a future time with said signatures to identify at least one segment of video requested to be edited during playback at said future time and produces an entry indicating at least one time of video to be skipped during playback; and a playback part, that automatically determines if current video should be skipped based on said entry created by said comparing unit, and automatically playing said full resolution video that is not associated with an entry indicating that the video should be skipped during playback, and not playing the video when said video is associated with the entry indicating that the video should be skipped during playback.