Abstract: There is disclosed, for use in video text analysis system, a video processing device for searching video streams for one or more user-selected image text attributes. The video processing device comprises an image processor capable detecting and extracting image text from video frames, determining attributes of the extracted image text, comparing the extracted image text attributes and the user-selected image text attributes, and, if a match occurs, modifying, transferring, and/or labeling at least a portion of the video stream in accordance with user commands.

Abstract: The invention relates to a system for managing data related to multimedia carriers, such as CDs. The system comprises a player which maintains a local database containing data related to multimedia carriers in a collection. After inserting a multimedia carrier, the player identifies it and searches the local database for data related to the multimedia carrier. If no data is found, the player contacts a central database in order to download data related to the multimedia carrier and store it in the local database.