Patent ID: 8090694

Claim:
A system comprising: an index extraction service to extract event index data from an event being locally recorded at an end user media device and corresponding to at least one video segment of the recorded event, the index extraction service also to associate the event index data with locator code data of the event; a storage device to record the extracted event index data and the associated locator code data; an index association service to search the extracted event index data for a plurality of video segments associated with the event, the search being associated with a search request, the index association service further to determine index display data for a presentation of the plurality of video segments in response to the search request; and a transmitter to send, to the media device, the index display data and the locator code data associated with the plurality of video segments and associated with the event to extract an image to present in an index, wherein the locator code data associated with the plurality of video segments is transmitted to the media device with the event and wherein the locator code data includes a start time and an end time of the at least one video segment of the recorded event and an access point of the at least one video segment of the recorded event; wherein the index display data and locator code data is sent via a private access network being an internet protocol television access network and transmitted along with an electronic program guide.