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Video highlights for streaming media

US9967620B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 16, 2007
Grant dateMay 8, 2018
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Expiry dateJul 20, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/8456
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a computer system is described as including a receiver to receive selection data, the selection data relating to a number of times a particular portion of digital content has been accessed, and an updating module to update selection data contained in a database record relating to digital content, the database record containing a sum of selection data. Further, a Graphical User Interface (GUI) is described as including a display and a selection device, a method of providing and selecting from a pane on the display, the method comprising retrieving a set of data to be displayed in the pane, displaying the data in the pane, receiving a selection input signal indicative of the selection device pointing at a selected position within the pane, and in response to the input signal, playing a portion of a data file.

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