Index of video objects

• US 20110113444A1
• Filed: 11/09/2010
• Published: 05/12/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dragan Popovich
• Original Assignee: Dragan Popovich
• Inventors: Popovich, Dragan
• Application Number:
  US12/927,216
• Publication Number:
  US 20110113444A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/71 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/7837 using objects detected or recognised in the video content
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence

Abstract

A system for indexing physical objects, locations and people, collectively referred to as video objects, which appear in videos. The system enables video object-level identification of TV and video content, and makes those video objects indexable, linkable, and searchable.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a video indexing component configured to receive data and metadata corresponding to a video object, and store the data, metadata and an identifier corresponding to the video object;

a link management component configured to manage a link associated with the identifier; and

a link processing component configured to process the link associated with the identifier.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to a web page.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to information about the video object.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to one or more frames in a video.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to location information about a physical object corresponding to the video object.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein the link associated with the identifier provides a menu offering one or more options, each option having a link associated with it.

7. A method comprising:

receiving data and metadata related to at least one video object in at least one video frame;

storing the received data and metadata; and

associating the at least one video object with at least one link;

8. The method of claim 8 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to a web page.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to an advertisement.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to information about the video object.

11. The method of claim 8 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to one or more frames in a video.

12. The method of claim 8 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to location information about a physical object corresponding to the video object.

13. The method of claim 8 wherein the link associated with the identifier provides a menu offering one or more options, each option having a link associated with it.

14. Computer storage media containing thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed, perform the method of claim 8.

15. The computer storage media of claim 15 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to a web page.

16. The computer storage media of claim 15 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to an advertisement.

17. The computer storage media of claim 15 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to information about the video object.

18. The computer storage media of claim 15 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to one or more frames in a video.

19. The computer storage media of claim 15 wherein the link associated with the identifier is a link to location information about a physical object corresponding to the video object.

20. The computer storage media of claim 15 wherein the link associated with the identifier provides a menu offering one or more options, each option having a link associated with it.