Identifying A Cinematic Technique Within A Video

Abstract

A video map comprising a first plurality of segment definitions defining video segments within a video, the defining being responsive to at least one presentation of the video less in length than the length of the video; a first segment definition that defines a first video segment within the video and is associated with an actual identity of a locale depicted within the first video segment, the actual identity of the locale being different than a locale identity as represented in the video; a second segment definition that defines a second video segment within the video and is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within the second video segment; and a third segment definition that defines a third video segment within the video and is associated with an explanation of a depiction within the third video segment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising the steps of:
 receiving from a user, during a playing of a video, a request for cinematic technique information;   identifying, responsive to the request, a location in the video;   retrieving a plurality of segment definitions;   selecting, from the plurality of segment definitions, a segment definition that is responsive to the identified location, the selected segment definition is associated with (i) an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within a video segment defined by the selected segment definition, and (ii) a write-up that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique;   providing the identification of the cinematic technique depicted within the video segment; and   providing the write-up that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the selected segment definition is further associated with a linkage that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique; and wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
 receiving from the user a request for additional information relating to the identified cinematic technique; 
 providing, responsive to the user request and the linkage, additional information relating to the identified cinematic technique. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the step of playing, from within a plurality of videos, responsive to the identified cinematic technique, and responsive to a keyword search, a plurality of video segments each depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the step of playing, from within the video, responsive to the identified cinematic technique and a keyword search, a plurality of video segments each depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the step of playing, from within the video, responsive to the identified cinematic technique, a plurality of video segments each depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the write-up is a video presentation. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the step of pausing the playing of the video in response to the receiving of the request for information. 
     
     
         8 . A method comprising the steps of:
 receiving from a user, during a playing of a video, a request for cinematic technique information;   identifying, responsive to the request, a location in the video;   retrieving a plurality of segment definitions;   selecting, from the plurality of segment definitions, a segment definition that is responsive to the identified location, the selected segment definition is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within a video segment defined by the selected segment definition; and   providing the identification of the cinematic technique depicted within the video segment.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8  wherein the selected segment definition is further associated with a linkage that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique; and wherein the method further comprises the steps of providing, responsive to the linkage, additional information relating to the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising the step of playing, from within a plurality of videos, responsive to the identified cinematic technique, and responsive to a keyword search, a plurality of segments each depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising the step of playing, from within the video, responsive to the identified cinematic technique and a keyword search, a plurality of segments each depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising the step of playing, from within the video, responsive to the identified cinematic technique, a plurality of video segments each depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 8  further comprising the step of pausing the playing of the video in response to the receiving of the request for information. 
     
     
         14 . A video map comprising a segment definition that defines a video segment within a video, the segment definition is associated with an identification of a cinematic technique depicted within the video segment defined by the segment definition. 
     
     
         15 . The video map of  claim 14  wherein the segment definition is further associated with (i) a write-up that is responsive to the cinematic technique; (ii) a linkage that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique; and (iii) a plurality of video segments, within the video, each video segment depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         16 . The video map of  claim 14  wherein the segment definition is further associated with (i) a linkage that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique; and (ii) a plurality of video segments, within the video, each video segment depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         17 . The video map of  claim 14  wherein the segment definition is further associated with (i) a write-up that is responsive to the cinematic technique; and (ii) a plurality of video segments, within the video, each video segment depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         18 . The video map of  claim 14  wherein the segment definition is further associated with at least one video segment, from within each of a plurality of videos, each video segment depicting the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         19 . The video map of  claim 14  wherein the segment definition is further associated with a linkage that is responsive to the identified cinematic technique. 
     
     
         20 . The video map of  claim 14  wherein the segment definition is further associated with a write-up that is responsive to the cinematic technique.