Patent ID: 7830413

Claim:
A system for capturing video data defining a moving picture, comprising: an input for receiving the video data from a source; a storage device for storing, in real time as the video data is received, a video data clip in a computer data file on a non-volatile random-access computer-readable and rewritable medium according to a trigger signal associated with the source; metadata stored in association with each video data clip on the storage device, including an attribute associated with the video data clip; and a user interface for: allowing user input of the attribute associated with the video data clip; presenting to the user a set of at least three ordered values indicative of an assessment by the user of merit of the video data clip; receiving a selection from the user of one of the at least three ordered values, wherein the attribute is the value selected by the user from the set of at least three ordered values, wherein the system stores a plurality of clips; searching the attributes of the clips according to a desired attribute; and displaying an indication of at least one of the clips corresponding to the desired attribute.