METHOD, COMPUTER PROGRAM AND SYSTEM FOR GENERATING AND DISPLAYING LEVEL-OF-INTEREST VALUES

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an effective and reliable technology for automatically determining and presenting an index relating to the level of interest in video or audio recording without requiring manual work. SOLUTION: Attendees or viewers of a presentation provide inputs marking specific points corresponding to a high level of interest. Received bookmarks are aggregated to generate overall level-of-interest values for various points in the presentation. A graphical depiction of these level-of-interest values is provided; users can operate it to find specific parts of the presentation having the highest level of interest or importance. User interface elements provide access function for various filtering, display, and configuration options to the graphical depiction. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI