1. A method for providing one or more video data applications comprising: accessing one or more frames of video data; preprocessing said one or more frames of video data to produce one or more preprocessed frames; extracting embedded characters from said one or more preprocessed frames; and utilizing said embedded characters extracted from said one or more preprocessed frames for one or more of a decision support application and an automated archive storage application; said decision support application further comprising identifying and retrieving one or more videos comprising at least one feature bearing similarity relative to said one or more frames of video data; and said identifying comprising employing collaborative filtering.