Patent ID: 7882436

Claim:
A method of distributing video data from a video programme comprising: inserting data markers within the video data, thereby to define a plurality of programme elements within the video programme, each programme element comprising a video clip; classifying programme elements with reference to content by allocating the or each programme element to at least one of a predetermined plurality of classes, each class defining a particular genus of content and each class having an associated icon; transmitting data representing a plurality of the icons from a server to a receiver at a remote client, each icon representing a class to which a respective programme element of the plurality of programme elements is allocated; receiving user selection data at the server, from the receiver of the remote client, the user selection data indicative of a user selection of at least one icon of the plurality of icons; and transmitting the video clip of the or each programme element corresponding to the user selection data from the server to the receiver of the remote client in response to receiving said user selection data.