Computer-assisted collaborative tagging of video content for indexing and table of contents generation
US9396763B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jul 19, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 18, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/4758
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods and systems for generation of an index and Table-of-Contents (ToC) for videos based on user given labels or a combination of user input and automated indexing techniques are provided. According to one embodiment, an annotation tool and a video player are presented to individual subscribers/users of a video discovery and consumption service. Tags proposed by the subscribers to be associated with various portions of the video content are received, processed and integrated within a global ToC for the video. The service can assist subscribers that intend to tag a certain portion of video by automatically proposing suitable tags and portion boundaries. Subscribers can vote on the suitability of tags constituting the ToC. Responsive to a request to view video content, a customized ToC is presented to a subscriber which include labels selected from the global ToC in accordance with default tag selection/filtering criteria or filtering criteria specified by subscriber.
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