Identifying A Locale Depicted Within A Video

Abstract

A method comprising the steps of monitoring a play location within a playing of a video; selecting, from a plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the play location, the selected video frame identifier being associated with information for retrieving, from a remote source, an interactive satellite map relating to a locale depicted within the video, the information further comprising magnification information; providing, during the playing of the video and responsive to the selected video frame identifier, an indication that information is available; receiving a request that is responsive to the indication; and providing, responsive to the request, an interactive satellite map relating to the locale depicted within the video, the interactive satellite map being responsive to the magnification information.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising the steps of:
 receiving, during a playing of a video, a request for locale information;   identifying, responsive to the request, a location in the video;   selecting, from a plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the identified location, the selected video frame identifier being associated with information for retrieving, from a remote source, an interactive satellite map relating to a locale depicted within the video and with an identity of the locale depicted within the video, the information further comprising magnification information;   providing, responsive to the selected video frame identifier, the identity of the locale depicted within the video;   receiving a request for additional locale information; and   providing, responsive to the request for additional locale information, an interactive satellite map relating to the locale depicted within the video, the interactive satellite map being responsive to the magnification information.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the steps of:
 pausing the playing of the video in response to receiving the request for additional locale information; and 
 resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the provided interactive satellite map is a dynamic and interactive photorealistic satellite map. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the provided interactive satellite map is an interactive multi-featured map. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the magnification information is pre-established. 
     
     
         6 . A method comprising the steps of:
 monitoring a play location within a playing of a video;   selecting, from a plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the play location, the selected video frame identifier being associated with information for retrieving, from a remote source, an interactive satellite map relating to a locale depicted within the video, the information further comprising magnification information;   providing, during the playing of the video and responsive to the selected video frame identifier, an indication that information is available;   receiving a request that is responsive to the indication; and   providing, responsive to the request, an interactive satellite map relating to the locale depicted within the video, the interactive satellite map being responsive to the magnification information.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6  further comprising the steps of:
 pausing the playing of the video in response receiving the request; 
 resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused. 
 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the provided interactive satellite map is a dynamic and interactive photorealistic satellite map. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the provided interactive satellite map is an interactive multi-featured map. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the magnification information is pre-established. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the indication that information is available comprises a name relating to the locale depicted within the video. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the indication that information is available comprises an icon corresponding to one of a plurality of information functions. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 6  wherein the indication that information is available utilizes tactile feedback. 
     
     
         14 . A method comprising the steps of:
 monitoring a play location within a playing of a video;   selecting, from a plurality of video frame identifiers, a video frame identifier that is responsive to the play location, the selected video frame identifier being associated with information for retrieving, from a remote source, an interactive satellite map relating to a locale depicted within the video, the information further comprising magnification information; and   providing, during the playing of the video and responsive to the selected video frame identifier, an interactive satellite map relating to the locale depicted within the video, the interactive satellite map being responsive to the magnification information.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the steps of:
 pausing the playing of the video in response to the providing; 
 resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14  further comprising the steps of:
 pausing the playing of the video in response to receiving a request for additional locale information; and 
 resuming the playing at a location that is responsive to an amount of time that the playing has been paused. 
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the provided interactive satellite map is a dynamic and interactive photorealistic satellite map. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the provided interactive satellite map is an interactive multi-featured map. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the magnification information is pre-established. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 14  wherein the providing further comprises providing a tactile indication that information is available.