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US 9,318,149 B2Granted
Method and system of composite broadcast control
AssigneeGvbb Holdings S.A.R.L.
InventorsDavid Robert Griggs, David Guy Sabine
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Abstract
A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product for composite broadcast control are provided. The apparatus or system presents broadcast control options to a user as a plurality of fundamental production elements, the plurality of fundamental production elements comprising at least one of a background an effect, a transition, and a stored clip, wherein the background can be combined with any of the effect, the transition, and the stored clip. The apparatus/system receives a selection from a user of fundamental production elements, and thereafter builds a composited scene by layering the selected production elements. The apparatus may display a preview of the composited scene prior to selection of the composited scene for output.
Claims30
A method of composite broadcast control, comprising:
- presenting, at a user interface on a display, broadcast control options to a user as a plurality of fundamental production elements, each fundamental production element displayed as an icon on the user interface, the plurality of fundamental production elements comprising at least one of a background, an effect, a transition, and a stored clip, wherein the background can be combined with any of the effect, the transition, and the stored clip;
- presenting a first portion of the user interface, wherein the first portion is static and presents a plurality of production element type icons, one for each of the fundamental production elements available at the user interface;
- presenting a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion changes depending upon which of the plurality of production element type icons is selected, the second portion presents a plurality of production element icons corresponding to the selected production element type;
- receiving a selection of fundamental production elements via selection of the corresponding icons;
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- building, via a processor, a composited scene for broadcast output by layering the selected production elements, wherein a layer corresponding to a fundamental production element can be applied or removed from the composited scene by selection of the corresponding icon, wherein a specific production element is applied to the composited scene by selection of its corresponding icon.
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An apparatus for composite broadcast control, comprising:
- means for presenting broadcast control options to a user as a plurality of fundamental production elements, each fundamental production element displayed as an icon on a user interface, the plurality of fundamental production elements comprising at least one of a background an effect, a transition, and a stored clip, wherein the background can be combined with any of the effect, the transition, and the stored clip, including presenting a first portion of the user interface, wherein the first portion is static and presents a plurality of production element type icons, one for each of the fundamental production elements available at the user interface, and presenting a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion changes depending upon which of the plurality of production element type icons is selected, the second portion presents a plurality of production element icons corresponding to the selected production element type;
- means for receiving a selection of fundamental production elements via selection of the corresponding icons;
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- means for building a composited scene by layering the selected production elements, wherein a layer corresponding to a fundamental production element can be applied or removed from the composited scene by selection of the corresponding icon, wherein a specific production element is applied to the composited scene by selection of its corresponding icon.
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An apparatus for composite broadcast control, comprising:
- a processing system configured to:
- present broadcast control options to a user as a plurality of fundamental production elements, each fundamental production element displayed as an icon on a user interface, the plurality of fundamental production elements comprising at least one of a background an effect, a transition, and a stored clip, wherein the background can be combined with any of the effect, the transition, and the stored clip;
- present a first portion of the user interface, wherein the first portion is static and presents a plurality of production element type icons, one for each of the fundamental production elements available at the user interface;
- present a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion changes depending upon which of the plurality of production element type icons is selected, the second portion presents a plurality of production element icons corresponding to the selected production element type;
- receive a selection of fundamental production elements via selection of the corresponding icons;
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- build a composited scene by layering the selected production elements, wherein a layer corresponding to a fundamental production element can be applied or removed from the composited scene by selection of the corresponding icon, wherein a specific production element is applied to the composite scene by selection of its corresponding icon.
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A non-transitory computer program product, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising code for causing a computer to:
- present broadcast control options to a user as a plurality of fundamental production elements, each fundamental production element displayed as an icon on a user interface, the plurality of fundamental production elements comprising at least one of a background an effect, a transition, and a stored clip, wherein the background can be combined with any of the effect, the transition, and the stored clip;
- present a first portion of the user interface, wherein the first portion is static and presents a plurality of production element type icons, one for each of the fundamental production elements available at the user interface;
- present a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion changes depending upon which of the plurality of production element type icons is selected, the second portion presents a plurality of production element icons corresponding to the selected production element type;
- receive a selection of fundamental production elements via selection of the corresponding icons;
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- build a composited scene by layering the selected production elements, wherein a layer corresponding to a fundamental production element can be applied or removed from the composited scene by selection of the corresponding icon, wherein a specific production element is applied to the composited scene by selection of its corresponding icon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.