Patent ID: 8181197

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for determining popular intervals associated with a first video, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of votes from users while the users are viewing the first video, each vote identifying an interval of the first video, 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 internal; forming a plurality of interval groups by identifying a plurality of scenes or features in the first video and associating each interval group with a set of one or more scenes or with a set of one or more features in the first video, each interval group including intervals of the first video that are similar to each other; determining a first one of the interval groups having a highest number of associated votes; and responsive to determining the first interval group having the highest number of associated votes, forming a first popular clip of the first video from video content of the intervals in the first interval group, the first popular clip being a continuous portion of the first video having a single start time and a single end time.