Discrimination of media moments and media intervals: sticker-based watch-and-comment annotation

• Published in: Multimedia tools and applications Vol. 61; no. 3; pp. 675 - 696
• Main Authors: Teixeira, Cesar A. C., Melo, Erick L., Freitas, Giliard B., Santos, Celso A. S., Pimentel, Maria da Graça C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-12-2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Annotations; Architecture; Broadcasting; Broadcasting industry; Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data Structures and Information Theory; Discrimination; Intervals; Media; Multimedia; Multimedia computer applications; Multimedia Information Systems; Operators; Protocol; Smartphones; Soccer; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems; Studies; Video; Sticker; Authoring; Watch-and-Comment; TV; Interactive video; NCL; Interactive TV; Interactive multimedia; Annotation; Digital TV
• ISSN: 1380-7501; 1573-7721
• DOI: 10.1007/s11042-011-0846-6

In this paper we discuss the problem of how to discriminate moments of interest on videos or live broadcast shows. The primary contribution is a system which allows users to personalize their programs with previously created
media stickers
—pieces of content that may be temporarily attached to the original video. We present the system’s architecture and implementation, which offer users operators to transparently annotate videos while watching them. We offered a soccer fan the opportunity to add stickers to the video while watching a live match: the user reported both enjoying and being comfortable using the stickers during the match—relevant results even though the experience was not fully representative.