Global virtual audio production studio

• US 20020026256A1
• Filed: 10/16/2001
• Published: 02/28/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Georgia Hilton
• Original Assignee: Georgia Hilton
• Inventors: Hilton, Georgia
• Application Number:
  US09/978,903
• Publication Number:
  US 20020026256A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/94
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/04 Studio equipment; Interconnection of studios

Abstract

The apparatus relates to tying together multiple acoustically and technologically identical facilities.

Claims

1. A plurality of audio spaces wherein said audio spaces each comprise

an identical acoustical enclosure;

an identical acoustical treatment to said enclosure;

interconnections for all necessary cabling to operate audio and video equipment within said enclosure.

2. The plurality of audio spaces of claim 1 further comprising:

interconnection between said audio spaces.

3. The plurality of audio spaces of claim 1 wherein each of said audio spaces further comprise:

a machine room;

multiple digital audio workstations (DAW);

multiple audio mixing consoles; and

multiple audio processors.

4. The plurlilty of audiospaces of claim 1 wherein each of said audio spaces has a Local Area Network to support interconnection and inter-communication between said audio spaces and DAWs.

5. A Local Area/Wide Area Network configured to provide high-speed thruput to accommodate audio and video data from a central content management system to any local DAW system or mixing console internally in a single facility and/or across a network to remote facilities.

6. The Local Area/Wide Area Network of claim 5 further comprising;

one or more fiber or other high-speed network based audio and video content servers;

redundant servers providing redundant data paths to all DAW systems (as required);

management console providing monitoring and management of all Servers on the network.

7. The Local Area/Wide Area Network of claim 5 further comprising;

a central storage apparatus capable of transmitting and duplicating local content across a Wide Area Network to similar Central Storage apparatus at other networked facilities.

8. An apparatus comprising a multiplexer/demultiplexer and/or a compression apparatus to encode and decode audio data streams sent externally from one facility to any or all other facilities as a point to point data stream.