Description scheme and browsing method for audio/video summary

Abstract

It is an objective of the invention to provide a description scheme of summary audio/video data, which is capable of presenting fast and advanced browsing. In the description of slide summary components comprising portion (small segments or frames) of single or multiple content(s), the description relating to the temporal position or location (file name) of the original content(s) for specifying the link from the slide component to the original content is added to this description. For example, the position of the original segment in the original media file is described in the slide summary file as “media location” by the time code from the beginning of the file and others. The position of the slide component in the original media file is described in the summary file as the “media time” by the time code from the beginning of the file and others.

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