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Method and system for video browsing on the world wide web

  • US 5,884,056 A
  • Filed: 12/28/1995
  • Issued: 03/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for facilitating user examination and browsing of video data object information pertaining to a stored video data object (Object), the Object including a beginning point, an end point, and points therebetween, the system comprising:

  • a display unit;

    an interface for coupling the display unit with a network communication medium, the medium being coupled to a video repository having video data objects, including the Object, stored therein;

    means for sending, through the interface and over the medium, a request to view the Object;

    means, responsive to receipt of a response to the request to view, for displaying a sequence of representations, each representation corresponding with one of the points in the Object;

    means for selecting an interval in terms of a first one of the points; and

    means, operable responsive to operation of the means for selecting an interval, for providing a subsequence of representations, each representation of the subsequence corresponding with a respective point in the Object, each of the respective points falling within the selected interval.

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