Network-based broadcast system and method
OwnerHans Bristellinventor
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Abstract
A network-based system for delivering broadcast content to at least one user across a network includes an OB unit, a production studio and a preferably photonic network. The preferred system further includes means to convert and combine video and audio signals into a multi-channel optical signal, and means to split the multi-channel signal and modify the component signals at the production studio.
Claims29
A broadcast system adapted for delivering content from a remote site to at least one user across a network, said system comprising:
- an onsite broadcasting unit including a plurality of cameras, wherein each camera is configured to capture an image at the site and to generate a video signal;
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- a production studio communicatively coupled to the unit and user, and configured to produce the content from the video signals,
- said unit, user and studio being interconnected by the network.
An onsite broadcasting unit adapted for delivering a multi-channel signal across a network, said unit comprising:
- a plurality of cameras, wherein each camera is configured to capture an image and generate a video signal, so as to produce a plurality of signals;
- a mechanism adapted to modify the signal;
- a mechanism adapted to combine the plurality of signals into the multi-channel signal;
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- a mechanism adapted to deliver said multi-channel signal to the network.
A production studio adapted for receiving a multi-channel signal across a network, said studio comprising:
- a mechanism adapted to split the multi-channel signal into a plurality component signals;
- a plurality mechanism adapted to modify the component signals;
- a computer graphics module operable to add graphics to the component signals;
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- a master control module operable to compress the component signals into a final delivery format.
A method of broadcasting content to at least one user across a network, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) producing a plurality of video signals at a first general location;
- (b) combining the video signals into a single multi-channel signal at the first general location;
- (c) transmitting the single multi-channel signal to a second location, wherein the multi-channel signal is split and the video signals are modified to produce the content;
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- (d) delivering the content to the user across the network within a period not greater than five minutes from said production of the video signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.