System for presenting audio-video content

• US 20040197088A1
• Filed: 03/31/2003
• Published: 10/07/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Laboratories of America Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: van Beek, Petrus J. L., Ferman, Ahmet Mufit, Sezan, M. Ibrahim
• Application Number:
  US10/404,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20040197088A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/251
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44008 involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics in the video stream arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440281 by altering the temporal resolution, e.g. by frame skipping television signal recording using magnetic recording on tape for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4508 Management of client data or end-user data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/482 End-user interface for program selection broadcast systems using EPGs H04H60/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/147 Scene change detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/45 Picture in picture , e.g. displaying simultaneously another television channel in a region of the screen

Abstract

A system for viewing audio-video content together with temporal information.

Claims

1. A method of presenting a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon a segmentation description, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) identifying at least one external video segment not included within said video;

(c) presenting said plurality of segments to a viewer, while free from presenting at least a plurality of frames not included within said plurality of segments of said video, together with said at least one external video segment.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of said plurality of segments is a sport.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one external video segment is related to the content of said video.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein said at least one external video segment is an advertisement.

5. A method of presenting a video comprising a plurality of frames together with a plurality of commercials comprising:

(a) a content provider identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon a segmentation description, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) said content provider identifying at least one external advertisement video segment not included within said video;

(c) presenting said plurality of segments to a viewer, while free from presenting at least one of said commercials, together with said at least one external advertisement video segment.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein at least one of said plurality of segments is a sport.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein said at least one external video segment is related to the content of said video.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein said content provider charges advertisers for the inclusion of said at least one external advertisement video segment while presenting said plurality of segments and said at least one external advertisement video segment.

9. A method of presenting a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon a segmentation description, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) identifying at least one external advertisement video segment not included within said video; and

(c) presenting said plurality of segments to a viewer, together with said at least one external advertisement video segment, wherein the mean duration of said at least one external advertisement video segment is 75% or less than the mean duration of the advertisements originally within said video.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein at least one of said plurality of segments is a sport.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein said at least one external video segment is related to the content of said video.

12. The method of claim 9 wherein said mean duration is 50% or less.

13. The method of claim 9 wherein said mean duration is 25% or less.

14. A method of presenting a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon a segmentation description, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) identifying at least one external advertisement video segment not included within said video; and

(c) presenting said plurality of segments to a viewer, together with said at least one external advertisement video segment, wherein the mean duration of said at least one external advertisement video segment is 75% or less than the mean duration of the advertisements originally broadcast with said video.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein at least one of said plurality of segments is a sport.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein said at least one external video segment is related to the content of said video.

17. The method of claim 14 wherein said mean duration is 50% or less.

18. The method of claim 14 wherein said mean duration is 25% or less.

19. A method of presenting a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) a content provider identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon a segmentation description, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) said content provider identifying at least one external advertisement video segment not included within said video;

(c) presenting said plurality of segments to a viewer, together with said at least one external advertisement video segment, in a manner such that a different number of said at least one external advertisement video segments are included based upon a service profile.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein at least one of said plurality of segments is a sport.

21. The method of claim 19 wherein said at least one external video segment is related to the content of said video.

22. The method of claim 19 wherein said content provider charges advertisers for the inclusion of said at least one external advertisement video segment while presenting said plurality of segments and said at least one external advertisement video segment.

23. A method of presenting a video comprising a plurality of frames comprising:

(a) identifying a plurality of segments of said video based upon a segmentation description, where each of said segments includes a plurality of frames of said video; and

(b) identifying at least one external video segment not included within said video that is representative of an alternative to a segment of said video;

(c) presenting said plurality of segments to a viewer together with said at least one external video segment.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein at least one of said plurality of segments is a sport.

25. The method of claim 23 wherein said at least one external video segment is an alternative camera angle.