Disclosed are a method of constructing information on associate meanings
between segments of a multimedia stream, which can describe the
cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between segments of the
video streams to efficiently browse the video stream and a method of
browsing a video using the same. The present invention defines the
cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship between the segments, event
intervals, scenes, shots, etc. existing within one video stream or
between the video streams, and provides a method of describing the
relationship in a data region based on the content of a video stream as
well as a method of browsing a video by using the information on the
cause/effect or abstract/detail relationship obtained by the
aforementioned method. Accordingly, a video browsing on associate
meanings is available with easy manipulation and easy access to a desired
part, thereby providing an effective video browsing interface for easy
browsing of desired segments in a short period of time.