SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTENT-BASED NAVIGATION OF LIVE AND RECORDED TV AND VIDEO PROGRAMS

摘要

A system, method and computer-readable medium are presented for providing real-time content-based navigation of live video programming. The method aspect of the invention comprises receiving a live video program, generating an index to the received live video program by extracting images and/or text from the video program, recording the live video program, presenting at least a portion of data associated with the generated index to a user, receiving user input regarding a portion of the recorded video program to which the user desires to navigate and playing back the recorded video program starting at the navigated portion identified by the user input.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
generating an index to a video program based on an indication of a portion of interest in the video program, wherein the index is (1) generated independent of index information transmitted with the video program and (2) is generated automatically, via a processor and without user input, by combining extracted images and text generated from the broadcast video program with network-based content provided by an external source, the network-based content being transmitted separately from the video program; presenting the index on a display, wherein:
presenting of the index occurs on a first computing device different from a second computing device which displays the video program;the first computing device is a hand-held device comprising a touch-sensitive screen;the handheld device presents the extracted images and text; andthe video program is navigated via touch input received from the touch-sensitive screen of the hand-held device; receiving, based on the index, user input regarding a location of the video program to navigate to; and playing the video program, on the display, from the location.