Patent ID: 7647555

Claim:
A system for accessing a video data stream, comprising: an interface having a printout stored on a storage medium, the printout comprising: at least one object created by a user in connection with the video data stream that corresponds to at least a portion of the video data stream, wherein the video data stream is discernible to the user, and wherein the object is at least one of notes, annotations, clips, and snapshots taken by the user while viewing the video data stream; and a data glyph associated with each of the at least one object that identifies a portion of the video data stream corresponding to the object, wherein the data glyph is in a data glyph carpet positioned in conjunction with a timeline such that each data glyph in the data glyph carpet references a position in the timeline which also represents an approximate offset into the video data stream, and wherein the object is placed in position corresponding to its corresponding data glyph in the data glyph carpet such that the data glyph is used to access the portion of the video data stream that is associated with the object; wherein the accessed portion of the video data stream corresponding to the object is initiated playback upon selecting the data glyph from the glyph carpet.