Method and apparatus for generating actionable marked objects in images

A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving user-generated input, wherein the user-generated input includes selected pixels of a marked image;
• determining that one or more of the selected pixels include a portion of adjusted pixels of the marked image within an embedded object definitions (EOD) file;
• identifying a marked object associated with the adjusted pixels;
• and
• identifying an action associated with the marked object in an assigned object actions (AOA) file.

A method, comprising:

• obtaining, by a processing system including a processor, an image of an object;
• generating, by the processing system, an embedded object definitions (EOD) file associated with an image of a video file, wherein the EOD file includes information regarding a marked object within a video image resulting in a marked image;
• identifying, by the processing system, the object within an original video image
• determining, by the processing system, a plurality of pixels associated with the object, wherein a position, a color, a contrast, and a brightness are associated with each of the plurality of pixels;
• adjusting, by the processing system, the color, the contrast, and brightness of each of the plurality of pixels resulting in adjusted pixels of each of the plurality of pixels;
• and
• overlaying, by the processing system, the marked image with the adjusted pixels of each of the plurality of pixels during a presentation of the video file, wherein the marked image presents the object as marked on a display to a user, resulting in a marked object.