Personalized news retrieval system
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Abstract
A video retrieval system is presented that allows a user to quickly and easily select and receive stories of interest from a video stream. The video retrieval system classifies stories and delivers samples of selected stories that match each user'"'"'s current preference. The user'"'"'s preferences may include particular broadcast networks, persons, story topics, keywords, and the like. Key frames of each selected story are sequentially displayed; when the user views a frame of interest, the user selects the story that is associated with the key frame for more detailed viewing. This invention is particularly well suited for targeted news retrieval. In a preferred embodiment, news stories are stored, and the selection of a news story for detailed viewing based on the associated key frames effects a playback of the selected news story. The principles of this invention also allows a user to effect a directed search of other types of broadcasts as well. For example, the user may initiate an automated scan that presents samples of broadcasts that conform to the user'"'"'s current preferences, akin to directed channel-surfing.
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40 Claims
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17. A retrieval system for retrieving story segments of a plurality of story segments based on one or more classifications associated with each story segment of the plurality of story segments, the retrieval system comprising:
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a filter for identifying one or more filtered story segments of the plurality of story segments based on the one or more classifications that are associated with each story segment; and
a presenter, operably coupled to the filter, for sequentially presenting one or more key frames associated with the one or more filtered story segments on a display. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A video device comprising:
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a classification device for classifying a plurality of segments of a video stream by producing a classification based on at least one of text, audio, or visual information associated with each segment of the plurality of segments; and
a retrieval device for facilitating a selection of an at least one segment of the plurality of segments by matching the classification of the at least one segment of the plurality of segments to at least one user preference, and by presenting at least one key frame of the at least one segment of the plurality of segments on a display. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A user interface for retrieving a selected segment of a plurality of segments of a video stream, said user interface comprising:
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means for rendering one or more key frames associated with one or more segments of the plurality of segments; and
means for selecting the selected segment based on the rendering of the one or more key frames. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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