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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 14, 1998
Ramesh Jain, San Diego, CA (US);
Charles Fuller, Foster City, CA (US);
Mojgan Monika Gorkani, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bradley Horowitz, San Mateo, CA (US);
Richard D. Humphrey, Foster City, CA (US);
Michael J. Portuesi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chiao-fe Shu, San Mateo, CA (US);
Arun Hampapur, White Plains, NY (US);
Amarnath Gupta, San Diego, CA (US);
Jeffrey Bach, Aurora, IL (US);
Virage, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
One aspect of the invention is directed to a system and method for video cataloging. The video is cataloged according to predefined or user definable metadata. The metadata is used to index and then retrieve encoded video. In another aspect of the invention, video metadata track processors convert metadata tracks of the video information to produce displayable frames containing hyperlinking between displayable data. Another aspect of the invention is directed to a method of browsing stored video information, including displaying hyperlinked frames of metadata track representations, and selecting and displaying links between displayable frames.