Patent ID: 7953640

Claim:
A method for use by a computing device for determining a value of a first portion of a content selected by a user, said method comprising: displaying said content using said computing device; receiving, using said computing device, data from said user defining a beginning and an ending of said first portion of said content selected by said user, wherein said content has a second portion not selected by said user; processing, using said computing device, metadata associated with one or more frames included in said first portion of said content; determining, using said computing device, one or more frame values of said first portion of said content using said metadata, wherein at least a first frame in said content has a higher frame value than a second frame in said content, as determinable based on associated metadata with each of said first frame and said second frame; determining, using said computing device, said value of said first portion of said content using said one or more frame values.