System and method for navigation of indexed video content

A method of presenting selected portions of a video presentation recorded by a digital video recorder, comprising:

• receiving a video presentation from a content provider, the video presentation containing interleaved video program content and commercials without any event or index data;
• storing the video presentation;
• creating an index defining a plurality of content-based segments in the stored video presentation for both the video program content and the commercials in the video presentation;
• reading the index associated with the stored video presentation;
• and
• presenting the video program content without the intervening indexed commercials.

A digital video recorder, comprising:

• an input module configured to receive a video presentation without any event or index data from a content provider;
• a storage device to store the video presentation containing interleaved video program content and commercials;
• an index creating module that creates an index defining a plurality of content-based segments in the stored video presentation for both the video program content and the commercials;
• an index reading module that reads the index associated with the stored video presentation;
• a navigation function that influences the presentation of at least one of the content-based segments;
• and
• a control interface module that defines an interface for actuating the navigation function.

A digital video recorder, comprising:

• means for receiving a video presentation containing interleaved video program content and commercials without any event or index data from a content provider;
• means for storing the video presentation;
• means for creating an index defining a plurality of content-based segments in the stored video presentation for both the video program content and the commercials;
• means for reading the index associated with the stored video presentation;
• means for defining the presentation of at least one of the content-based segments;
• and
• means for actuating the presentation of the content-based segments.

A computer readable storage medium that stores a set of software instructions, which when executed, effectuate presentation of video content, comprising instructions for:

• receiving a video presentation containing interleaved video program content and commercials without any event or index data from a content provider;
• storing the video presentation;
• creating an index defining a plurality of content-based segments in the stored video presentation for both the video program content and the commercials;
• receiving a control signal for viewing the stored video presentation using a selected navigation function;
• reading the index associated with the stored video presentation;
• and
• presenting at least one of the content-based segments based upon the selected navigation function.