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

US8706898B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HULU, LLC · US

Inventors

Eugene Wei · New York, US
Varun Narang · Pittsford, US
Zhibing Wang · 红钢城街道, CN
Yuming Liang · Beijing, CN
Xin Jin · Beijing, CN
Ting-hao Yang · Beijing, CN
Eric I. Feng · Menlo Park, US
Andrew Lin · Manhattan, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 1, 2012
Grant date	Apr 22, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 1, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/745
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

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.

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