Patent Document ID: 20060184963
Application ID: 10540313
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. An apparatus for playing video content, the apparatus including: a video content means ( 12 ) for storing at least one video stream ( 60 1 , 60 2 ), each video stream including a multiplicity of scenes ( 62 1 , 62 2 , 64 1 , 64 2 , 66 1 , 66 2 , 68 1 , 68 2 ), each scene being described by a corresponding scene signature; a selection means ( 44 ) for selecting a scene signature which is descriptive of video content of a scene a user wants to view; a means ( 104 ) for comparing the selected scene signature with scene signatures of the stored video streams ( 60 1 , 60 2 ) to identify one or more scenes whose scene signature is similar to the selected scene signature; and a means ( 100 ) for playing the at least one scene whose scene signature is identified as similar to the selected scene signature.