SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CREATE HIGHLIGHT PORTIONS OF MEDIA CONTENT

摘要

A system and method is provided for customizing media content, and particularly video content, by creating highlight portions thereof of the video content. VIn exemplary embodiments, the video files (20) are "marked" or "flagged" of "flagged" about the portions of the video content (22) to segment the highlight portions within the media file. The marks or flags may be inputted and incorporated as part of the metadata (24) associated with the video file. A user's electronic device (10) may then extract the marks or flags from the metadata, which causes a media player on the portable electronic device (63) to play only the marked highlight portions. In addition,A a user may share the highlights with others by transmitting the marked video files to others' electronic devices. Alternatively, the highlight creator may transmit only the metadata to another's electronic device, and the metadata marks may be extracted and applied to a video file stored on the other's device or streamed thereto.