Patent Document ID: 5574845
Application ID: 08346453
Patent Status: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for use by a user for management of video data in a stored video stream, said video stream including a plurality of video shots wherein each shot comprises a sequence of frames, said method comprising the steps of: (a) defining and storing in memory on a frame-sequence axis a time-based model of said video stream; (b) defining and storing in memory on said frame-sequence axis at least one of (1) a space-based model of said video stream, (2) an object-based model of said video stream, and (3) an event-based model of said video stream; (c) selectively scanning through such of said models as have been defined; (d) identifying time, space, object, and/or event segments of interest in such of said models as have been defined; and (e) selecting for viewing portions of said video stream associated with said segments of interest.