METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEDIA ANNOTATION, SELECTION AND DISPLAY OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A REGION OF INTEREST IN VIDEO CONTENT

1 . A method, comprising:

selecting a region within a particular frame of video content to access additional information about an area of interest associated with said region within said particular frame; and

displaying said additional information, in response to selecting said region associated with said particular frame of video content to access said additional information about said area of interest associated with said region within said particular frame.

2 . The method of claim 1 further comprising generating a selection packet that includes frame selection data associated with said particular frame of video content.

3 . The method of claim 2 wherein said frame selection data comprises data that is sufficient to identify said particular frame of video content.

4 . The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting said region.

5 . The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing said additional information from an annotated content stream.

6 . The method of claim 1 further comprising initially storing said additional information in an annotation database.

7 . The method of claim 1 wherein said region within said particular frame of said video content comprises a coordinate.

8 . The method of claim 1 wherein said region within said particular frame of said video content comprises a plurality of coordinates.

9 . The method of claim 1 wherein said region within said particular frame of said video content comprises data indicative of a particular region.

10 . A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-usable medium embodying computer code, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said processor and configured for:

selecting a region within a particular frame of video content to access additional information about an area of interest associated with said region within said particular frame; and

displaying said additional information, in response to selecting said region associated with said particular frame of video content to access said additional information about said area of interest associated with said region within said particular frame.

11 . The system of claim 10 wherein said instructions are further configured for generating a selection packet that includes frame selection data associated with said particular frame of video content.

12 . The system of claim 11 wherein said frame selection data comprises data that is sufficient to identify said particular frame of video content.

13 . The system of claim 10 wherein said instructions are further configured for detecting said region.

14 . The system of claim 10 wherein said instructions are further configured for accessing said additional information from an annotated content stream.

15 . The system of claim 10 wherein said instructions are further configured for initially storing said additional information in an annotation database.

16 . A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to cause a processor to perform a process, said code comprising code to:

select a region within a particular frame of video content to access additional information about an area of interest associated with said region within said particular frame; and

display said additional information, in response to selecting said region associated with said particular frame of video content to access said additional information about said area of interest associated with said region within said particular frame.

17 . The processor-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said code further comprises code to generate a selection packet that includes frame selection data associated with said particular frame of video content.

18 . The processor-readable medium of claim 17 wherein said frame selection data comprises data that is sufficient to identify said particular frame of video content.

19 . The processor-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said code further comprises code to detect said region.

20 . The processor-readable medium of claim 16 wherein said code further comprises code to:

access said additional information from an annotated content stream; and

store said additional information in an annotation database.