Method, apparatus and system for discovering and displaying information related to video content
AssigneeTagflix Inc.
InventorsTimothy Wu, Marcus Ehrenblad
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus and systems for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata includes extracting a plurality of frames from the video, generating a fingerprint for each frame of the plurality of frames, or for a set of frames of the plurality of frames, determining contextual data within at least one frame or set of frames, associating the generated fingerprint of each frame or set of frames with the determined contextual data, and storing the association of the fingerprint of each frame or set of frames and the contextual data.
Claims20
A method for processing and tagging at least a portion of a video with metadata, the method comprising:
- extracting a plurality of frames from the video;
- generating a fingerprint for each frame of the plurality of frames, or for a set of frames of the plurality of frames;
- determining contextual data within at least one frame or set of frames;
- associating the generated fingerprint of each frame or set of frames with the determined contextual data;
- and
- storing the association of the fingerprint of each frame or set of frames and the contextual data.
A method for obtaining and displaying contextual information related to a video, the method comprising:
- performing playback of a video comprising a plurality of frames;
- obtaining a fingerprint of a frame being displayed;
- requesting contextual data stored in association with the fingerprint of the frame being displayed;
- receiving the requested contextual data stored in association with the fingerprint of the frame being displayed;
- and
- displaying the contextual data over a portion of the frame in an unobtrusive form as the frame is being displayed.
A method for presenting contextual information related to a video, the method comprising:
- receiving contextual information related to one or more frames in a video currently being displayed in a user interface on a display screen;
- modifying an amplitude of a video scrubber based on an amount of video metadata received based on a fingerprint of the frame or scene currently being displayed;
- displaying, in a first portion of the user interface, the video scrubber with portions of the video scrubber displaced vertically reflecting the modified amplitude;
- receiving event information representing a user selection of a portion of the video scrubber;
- and
- displaying, in a second portion of the user interface, a plurality of data points related to the frame being displayed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.