Abstract: An image store including images from photo agencies is established by an image management system. Marketers interact with the image management system to review images in the image store and tag objects shown in the images. The object tags identify and provide information about the objects shown in the images. The marketers define campaigns having payment conditions indicating types of engagement with the images that trigger payments by the marketers. Publishers interact with the image management system to select images and publish the selected images to clients used by consumers. The publishers also provide the consumers with tag modules that execute on the clients to display the information about the objects shown in the published images. Consumer interactions with the displayed information are reported to the image management system, and the system accounts for payments by the marketers if the payment conditions are satisfied.

Abstract: A method and system for assessing script running time are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving a first input from a client, wherein the first input comprises a script, the script comprising spoken audio and video elements. A second input is received from the client, wherein the second input comprises a value of words per minute. A third input is received from the client, wherein the third input comprises a non-verbal duration. A duration of the spoken audio of the script is calculated by multiplying the value of words per minute and the spoken content of the script. A duration of the script is calculated by summing the duration of the spoken audio and the non-verbal duration and the duration of the script is returned to the client.

Abstract: A method and system for annotative multimedia are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving a video file from a client. A start time is received from the client. A comment is received from the client. The comment and the start time are stored, and the comment is displayed at the start time upon subsequent playback of the video file.