An adaptive and extensible web-based interface system for interactive video contents browsing

Abstract

With the growing popularity of mobile devices (including phones and portable media players) and coverage of Internet access, we tend to develop the need of consuming video content on the move. Some technologies already allow end-users to watch TV and listen to news podcasts or download music videos on their devices. However, such services are restricted to a provider's selection of preformatted and linear content streams. Hence, we propose a web-based interface system that supports interactive contents navigation, making it possible for end-users to "surf" on video content like they are used to on the Web. This system is extensible to any specific domain of video contents, any webenabled platform, and to any browsing scheme. In this paper, we will explain the architecture and design of this system, propose an application for soccer videos and present the results of its user evaluation. © 2007 Springer.