Distributed interactive media authoring and recording
OwnerCharles C.L. Chou, Andrew Jeffrey Crilly +1inventors
InventorsCharles C.L. Chou, Andrew Jeffrey Crilly, Annie Myong Hae Chan
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Abstract
Interactive media such as a DVD can be created in more than one location. The editing of the content into chapters and the creation of menus that can access the content can be created at one location, and information regarding the menus and the chapters can then be transmitted to a second location and the DVD or other media can be recorded at the first or second location. A software driven system controls, accelerates and simplifies the process.
Claims23
A method of organizing and creating a title on a rapid access storage media, comprising:
- at a first location determining chapter points that define chapters, and creating menus that access chapters defined by the chapter points;
- coding information regarding the chapter points and menus created at the first location into one or more scripts;
- transmitting the one or more scripts to a second location;
- automatically creating the chapters and menus at a second location with the scripts;
- recording on the media, at the second location, the title including chapters and menus that access the chapters.
A distributed DVD creation system comprising:
- a first device at a first location that is operable to:
- convert content into separate audio and video streams;
- index the separate audio and video streams;
- synchronize the indexed and separate audio and video streams;
- and
- a second device at a second location, the first and second devices in communication with each other, the first device operable to instruct the second device to:
- divide the synchronized audio and video streams into chapters;
- record a DVD with menu functions that access the chapters.
A method for organizing and storing content comprising:
- receiving various content;
- creating chapter information by dividing a first copy of the content at a first location;
- creating menu information at the first location;
- transmitting the chapter and menu information over a network to a second location distant from the first location;
- creating chapters by dividing a second copy of the content at the second location based upon the transmitted information;
- building an output file from the menus and from the second copy;
- and
- recording the output file to a DVD or other media at the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.