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Google rolls out TV search prototype I CNET News.com, "Google rolls out TV search prototype', reprinted on Jan. 25, 2005 from * cited by examiner U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 1 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 110 105 CLIP STORAGE RETREVAL CONTENT MEDIUM ENGINE DATABASE CLP 125 SET FIG. 1 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 2 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 220 230 210 CLIP CONTENT RETRIEVAL DATABASE FANTASY 225 SPORTS EVENTS SYSTEM LIST USER INTERFACE 245 FIG. 2 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 3 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 OO Video Data 305 Audio Data 31 O Closed Captioning information 315 Metadata 320 FIG. 3 400 Event - Touchdown 405 Time - 6:42, First Quarter 410 Player - Peyton Manning 415 Details - 48 yd. pass to M. Harnson 420 FIG. 4 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 4 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 510 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 5 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 OO RECEIVE A 605 REGUEST FOR PLAYER HIGHLIGHTS RELATED TO A PARTICIPANT SPECIFIED TEAM ACCESS AROSTER OF 610 THE TEAM TO DENTIFY AT LEAST ONE PLAYER FOR WHICH HIGHLIGHTS ARE TO BE RETRIEVED ACCESS CONTENT DATABASE DETERMINE SPECIFIC CONTENT THA RELATESTO THE DENTIFIED PLAYER PRESENT THE SPECIFIC CONTENT TO THE PARTICIPANT FIG. 6 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 6 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 OO 705 ALLOW A PARTICIPANT IN AFANTASY SPORTS LEAGUE TO ENTER A ROSTER OF PLAYERS 710 PROVIDE SCORING FOR THE PARTICIPANT BASED ON THE ROSTER 715 ACCESS AN EVENT LIST AND THE ROSTER AUTOMATICALLY 720 PRESENT TO THE PARTICIPANT WIDEO HGHLIGHTS DEPICTING EACH OF THE PLAYERS PARTICIPATING IN EVENTS ON THE EVENT LIST 725 RECEIVE AN UPDATED ROSTER FROM THE PARTICIPANT 730 PROVIDE SCORING FOR THE PARTICIPANT BASED ON THE UPDATED ROSTER 735 ACCESS THE UPDATED ROSTER AUTOMATICALLY AND PRESENT VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS OF ALL OR A SUBSET OF ALL PLAYERS ON THE UPDATED ROSTER FIG. 7 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 7 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 800 805 RECEIVE PRE-SPECIFIED SEARCH CRITERA FROMA USER INDICATING ASET OF SEARCH TEMS DETERMINE SPECIFICAUDIO OR VIDEO CONTENT FOREACH SEARCH TEM IN THE SET 815 PROVIDE THE SPECIFICAUDIO OR VIDEO CONTENT TO THE USER UPDATE THE PRE-SPECIFIED /820 SEARCH CRTERIA BASED ON THE OCCURRENCE OFA PARTICULAR EVENT - - - - J - - - -y UPDATE THE SPECIFIC CONTENT L - - - - FIG. 8 U.S. Patent Aug. 2, 2011 Sheet 8 of 8 US 7.988,560 B1 90 RECEIVE AREOUEST FOR HIGHLGHTS OF 905 PLAYERS IN PREVIOUS GAMES AGAINST UPCOMING OPPONENTS 910 ACCESS AROSTER OF A TEAM THAT INCLUDES THE PLAYERS 91 5 SELECT A PLAYER FROM THE ROSTER DENTIFY ANUPCOMING 920 OPPONENT OF THE SELECTED PLAYER 925 ACCESS CONTENT DATABASE DETERMINE SPECIFIC CONTENT 930 THAT RELATES TO THE SELECTED PLAYER AND THE DENTIFIED OPPONENT 935 MORE PLAYERS NO 940 PRESENT THE SPECIFIC CONTENT TO THE PARTICIPANT FIG. 9 US 7,988,560 B1 1. 2 PROVIDING HIGHILIGHTS OF PLAYERS ging-in the identity of the player and the video are accessed FROMAEANTASY SPORTSTEAM automatically, and the specific content is determined auto matically and presented automatically. CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED Another player name from the participant may be received. APPLICATIONS The other player name may not be on the roster. At least one Video source having content related to the other player name This application claims the benefit of U.S. Patent Applica may be accessed. Specific content within the video source tion Ser. No. 60/645,069, filed on Jan. 21, 2005, and titled that relates to the other player may be determined, and the “Providing Audio and Video Clips', the entire contents of specific content relating to the other player may be presented which are hereby incorporated by reference. 10 to the participant. Specific content relating to at least one other player on the TECHNICAL FIELD roster may be determined and presented. The participant may be presented with specific content relating to multiple players This document relates to identifying and presenting clips on the roster. The specific content for each of the multiple used, for example, to highlight players from a fantasy sports 15 players may be compiled into a single object Such that the team. participant is presented with a single object including an aggregation of highlights identified relating to all of the mul BACKGROUND tiple players. Compiling may include positioning together all highlights that relate to a common type of event that occurs in A participant in a fantasy sports league, such as a fantasy a fantasy-sports league. All highlights that show one or more football league, maintains a team of players that participate in players on the player-specified team roster scoring a touch games from an actual sports league, such as the National down may be positioned together at the beginning of the Football League (NFL).