AUTOMATIC VIDEO RETRIEVER GENIE

摘要

A method and system for video query processing. Video query processing software is dynamically linked to video content and configured to receive a query (61) keyed to a segment of the video content. The video content is real-time or recorded video content. The software is within a video processing system (10) that may operate in a stand-alone mode or in a service mode. The software is configured to determine an answer to the query (61) and to communicate the answer to a user of the software. The software is coupled to a database that may be utilized to determine the answer to the query (61). The database may be external to the video processing system (10) and coupled to an Internet web site or to a remote server. Multiple databases may be utilized such that information derived from the multiple databases may be merged to arrive at the answer to the query (61).