Streaming video programming guide system selecting video files from multiple web sites and automatically generating selectable thumbnail frames and selectable keyword icons
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1. A method comprising:
- automatically searching, on a plurality of web sites, for streaming video files;
selecting particular streaming video files from said plurality of web sites based on a text search using keywords;
in response to said search, automatically generating a graphical user interface including selectable thumbnail frames to represent said selected streaming video files and selectable icons of said keywords, said selectable thumbnail frames organized by said keywords; and
in response to user selection of one of said selectable thumbnail frames, playing the video file corresponding to the selected thumbnail frame in said thumbnail frame.
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Abstract
A programming guide for streaming video files may be automatically compiled in response to a user request. The user may provide keywords for categories of streaming video files that are of interest. A graphical user interface is automatically developed which splits responsive streaming video files into categories requested by the user. Each streaming video file may be represented in a user selected fashion. For example, the streaming videos may be represented by a representative frame, title or other information. The user can then click on any of the streaming video files, broken down into the appropriate categories, to begin viewing a streaming video file of interest.
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1. A method comprising:
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automatically searching, on a plurality of web sites, for streaming video files; selecting particular streaming video files from said plurality of web sites based on a text search using keywords; in response to said search, automatically generating a graphical user interface including selectable thumbnail frames to represent said selected streaming video files and selectable icons of said keywords, said selectable thumbnail frames organized by said keywords; and in response to user selection of one of said selectable thumbnail frames, playing the video file corresponding to the selected thumbnail frame in said thumbnail frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer accessible medium storing instructions to:
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automatically search, on a plurality of web sites, for streaming video files; select particular streaming video files from said plurality of web sites based on a text search using user-provided keywords; generate selectable representations of said selected streaming video files and said user-provided keywords to organize a first grouping of video file representations by keyword and to display said selectable representations in a graphical user interface in the form of a streaming video content guide; and in response to user selection of one of the selectable keyword representations and for the selected category, display a second grouping of video file representations other than the first grouping of video file representations in said graphical user interface in place of said first grouping of video file representations. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a storage coupled to said processor, said storage storing instructions that enable the processor to automatically search a plurality of web sites for streaming video files, select particular video files from said web sites based on a text search for keywords, generate a graphical user interface including thumbnail representations corresponding to selected streaming video files, uniform resource locators associated with corresponding thumbnail representations, the uniform resource locators for the home pages of the web sites hosting the selected streaming video files, and said keywords, said thumbnail representations and associated uniform resource locators organized according to corresponding keywords, and in response to user selection of either a given thumbnail representation or the associated uniform resource locator, play the corresponding video file. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method comprising:
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receiving a first user-provided keyword to indicate a general category of interest and a second user-provided keyword to indicate a sub-category of interest; automatically searching for streaming video files on a plurality of web sites to select particular streaming video files based on a text search using said first and second keywords; and generating a graphical user interface in the form of a streaming video programming guide, said guide including a selectable keyword icon corresponding to one of the user-provided keywords and selectable representations of said selected streaming video files, the representations of the selected streaming video files associated with a corresponding keyword icon. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29)
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