Time-based video metadata system
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1. A video display device comprising:
- a digital file comprising a video source and time based metadata, wherein the time-based metadata corresponds to one or more menu options, and each menu option corresponds to one or more objects, events, or persons present in a scene of the video source at one or more timestamps indicated by the time-based metadata; and
a video playback mechanism that identifies and displays at least a portion of the video source according to a first-selected one or more of the menu options, the video playback mechanism adapted, during playback of the at least a portion of the video source, to;
display each of the one or more menu options as its corresponding one or more objects, events, or persons is displayed;
receive a second selection of one of the displayed menu options; and
maintain and display a link in a follow-up list, the link adapted to provide additional information relating to a topic associated with the second-selected menu option.
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Abstract
A video display device comprising a video source and a video playback mechanism. The video source comprises a plurality of time-based metadata. The video playback mechanism uses at least one of the plurality of time-based metadata to display at least one of the video source, and one or more menu options.
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1. A video display device comprising:
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a digital file comprising a video source and time based metadata, wherein the time-based metadata corresponds to one or more menu options, and each menu option corresponds to one or more objects, events, or persons present in a scene of the video source at one or more timestamps indicated by the time-based metadata; and a video playback mechanism that identifies and displays at least a portion of the video source according to a first-selected one or more of the menu options, the video playback mechanism adapted, during playback of the at least a portion of the video source, to; display each of the one or more menu options as its corresponding one or more objects, events, or persons is displayed; receive a second selection of one of the displayed menu options; and maintain and display a link in a follow-up list, the link adapted to provide additional information relating to a topic associated with the second-selected menu option. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of displaying at least a portion of one or more videos comprising:
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identifying, in a digital file comprising a video source and time-based metadata, a set of one or more objects, one or more events, or one or more persons present in the video source at one or more timestamps indicated by the time-based metadata; associating one or more menu option in a user interface with at least one of the set of objects, events, or persons; reviewing the time-based metadata in response to a first selection of the one or more menu options; displaying one or more sections of the video source comprising the associated at least one of the set of objects, events, or persons according to the time-based metadata; and during playback of the one or more sections of the video source; displaying each of the one or more menu options as its corresponding one or more objects, events, or persons is displayed; receiving a second selection of one of the displayed menu options; and maintaining and displaying a link in a follow-up list, the link adapted to provide additional information relating to a topic associated with the second-selected menu option. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A video display system comprising:
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a digital file comprising a video source and a plurality of time-based metadata, the plurality of time-based metadata corresponding to a set of content in the video source, each of the set of the content comprising at least one object, event, or person present in the video source at one or more timestamps indicated by the time-based metadata; a network device adapted to provide at least a portion of the video source based on at least one starting timestamp of the time-based metadata, and ending timestamp of the time-based metadata; and a video display device comprising a user interface, the user interface comprising one or more menu items, wherein; each of the one or more menu items corresponds to one or more of the set of content, the video display device is adapted to receive the at least a portion of the video source in response to receiving a first selection of one or more of the menu items, such that the starting timestamp and the ending timestamp corresponds to presence of the associated content in the video source, the video display device is adapted to display the at least a portion of the video source, and during playback of the at least a portion of the video source, video display device is adapted to; display each of the one or more menu options as its corresponding one or more objects, events, or persons is displayed; receive a second selection of one of the displayed menu options; and maintain and display a link in a follow-up list, the link adapted to provide additional information relating to a topic associated with the second-selected menu option. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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