Abstract: The present application relates to a system and method for highlight detection, and includes a highlight detection method for detecting highlights of a stream. The method comprises: collecting purchasing information from a user terminal; and detecting the highlight of the stream according to the purchasing information. The purchasing information includes purchasing actions of the user terminal, and the purchasing actions are actions related to purchase of the user terminal. According to the subject application, the highlights may be detected, captured and generated automatically, and the time and efforts for manual work may be saved.