Patent ID: 7912827

Claim:
A method for searching a text-based media presentation, the method comprising: receiving a query associated with words in the text-based media presentation; in response to the query, searching within a database organized as a plurality of content-based indexed segments associated with at least one text-based media presentation, each content-based indexed segment comprising text and at least one still image corresponding to an associated portion of the text-based media presentation; retrieving a plurality of indexed segments as a result of the search; presenting a selected indexed segment from the plurality of retrieved segments by displaying the at least one still image, text corresponding to the selected indexed segment, and a verbosity histogram for the selected segment based on the query, wherein the verbosity histogram is based at least in part on a number of words spoken in a period of time represented in a vertical axis in the verbosity histogram for a plurality of time segments represented in a horizontal axis of the verbosity histogram; if a user indication of navigating forward is received, then presenting a next indexed segment, displaying the at least one still image and text corresponding to the next indexed segment and skipping at least a next page in the media presentation; and if the user indication indicates navigating backward, then presenting a previous indexed segment, displaying the at least one still image and text corresponding to the next indexed segment and including skipping at least a next previous page in the media presentation.