Patent ID: 8091108

Claim:
A computer-readable storage device containing computer-executable instructions for controlling a computing device to render portions of a video, the video being previously recorded, by a method comprising: receiving meta data corresponding to the video that was previously recorded, wherein the meta data includes comments and an identification of portions within the video to which the comments apply; storing the meta data in association with the video that was previously recorded; and for each of the plurality of viewers, receiving from the viewer input search criteria relating to the video; searching the stored meta data to identify comments of the meta data that satisfy the input search criteria; for each of a plurality of identified comments, selecting the portion of the video to which the identified comment applies as indicated by the received meta data; and sending the selection portions of the media content for rendering to the viewer the selected portions of the video without rendering the non-selected portions as a rendering that is separate from the renderings for other viewers.