Method and system for video browsing on the world wide web

A system for facilitating user examination and browsing of video data object information pertaining to a stored video data object (Object), the Object including a beginning point, an end point, and points therebetween, the system comprising:

• a display unit;
• an interface for coupling the display unit with a network communication medium, the medium being coupled to a video repository having video data objects, including the Object, stored therein;
• means for sending, through the interface and over the medium, a request to view the Object;
• means, responsive to receipt of a response to the request to view, for displaying a sequence of representations, each representation corresponding with one of the points in the Object;
• means for selecting an interval in terms of a first one of the points;
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• means, operable responsive to operation of the means for selecting an interval, for providing a subsequence of representations, each representation of the subsequence corresponding with a respective point in the Object, each of the respective points falling within the selected interval.