Hulu, LLC

Andrew Cheng-min Lin

Xin Jin

Eric I Feng

Zhibing Wang

Eugene Chuan-Huai Wei

Yuming Liang

Varun Narang

Ting-Hao Yang

Eric Buehl

Ting-hao Yang

Tienan Ren

A method and apparatus for embedding a media program with a randomly user selected thumbnail is disclosed. The user can scan a media program to identify one of a plurality of media program frames, select the frame of interest, then designate it as the thumbnail to use in connection with the embedded media program.

Method and apparatus for embedding media programs having custom user selectable thumbnails

A method and apparatus for navigating a media program via a searchable transcript of the dialog of the media program is disclosed. In one embodiment, a textural transcript of the dialog is generated, wherein the textural transcript comprising a plurality of portions wherein each portion is associated with a segment of the media program, a command is accepted to display the transcript and in response to that command, user interface data is transmitted to the client computer for presentation in a user interface, wherein the user interface comprising a concurrently presented media program player and the textural transcript.

Navigating a video, a transcript of a dialog, and a histogram

User interface including concurrent display of video program, histogram, and transcript

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

Andrew Cheng-min Lin