Method of transmitting audio and video signals over radio and television channels

• US 20060037040A1
• Filed: 08/12/2004
• Published: 02/16/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Radioactive Vision Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Radioactive Vision Incorporated
• Inventors: Allen, Mark D., Mahalick, Scott G.
• Application Number:
  US10/916,775
• Publication Number:
  US 20060037040A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/20 Arrangements for broadcast or distribution of identical information via plural systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4438 Window management, e.g. event handling following interaction with the user interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/631 Multimode Transmission, e.g. transmitting basic layers and enhancement layers of the content over different transmission paths or transmitting with different error corrections, different keys or with different transmission protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/812 involving advertisement data advertising per se G06Q30/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/06 Systems for the simultaneous transmission of one television signal, i.e. both picture and sound, by more than one carrier H04N7/084, H04N7/087 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17309 Transmission or handling of upstream communications

Abstract

A method of transmitting audio and video signals includes transmitting an audio signal from one or more prerecorded audio/video sources, such as music videos, news/talk radio station programs or interview programs, over a radio channel; and with respect to the transmitting of the audio signal, contemporaneously transmitting the audio signal and a video signal from the one or more prerecorded audio/video sources over a television channel.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting audio and video signals, said method comprising:

transmitting an audio signal from at least one music video over a radio channel; and

with respect to said transmitting an audio signal, contemporaneously transmitting said audio signal and a video signal from said at least one music video over a television channel.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising

originating said audio signal and said video signal from a radio station;

and

employing as said radio station one of an FM radio station, an AM radio station, a satellite radio channel on cable, and an Internet radio station.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising

employing as said television channel one of a satellite channel, a local, regional or national television channel, a cable channel and a direct broadcast satellite channel.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising

employing as said television channel one of a digital television high definition television channel or sub-channel and a digital television standard definition television channel or sub-channel.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising

transmitting an audio advertisement over said radio channel;

and

contemporaneously transmitting an audio and video advertisement over said television channel.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising

employing substantially identical audio portions of said audio advertisement and said audio and video advertisement.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising

employing as said video advertisement a first video commercial;

employing a second different video commercial;

directing said first video commercial to a first zip code; and

directing said second different video commercial to a second different zip code.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising

originating said audio signal and said video signal from a radio station;

receiving a live video signal at said radio station;

temporarily including a window in the video signal of said television channel; and

including said live video signal in said window.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising

including a disk jockey or video jockey in said live video signal.

10. The method of claim 8 further comprising

employing a size of said window;

and

reducing the size of said window to zero as one of said at least one music video starts.

11. The method of claim 8 further comprising

employing a size of said window;

and

increasing the size of said window as one of said at least one music video ends.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising

originating said audio signal and said video signal from a radio station;

and

recording said at least one music video on a disk drive at said radio station.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising

employing as said at least one music video a prerecorded audio signal and a prerecorded video signal from a live performance;

transmitting said prerecorded audio signal over said radio channel; and

with respect to said transmitting said prerecorded audio signal, contemporaneously transmitting said prerecorded audio signal and said prerecorded video signal over said television channel.

14. The method of claim 1 further comprising

employing as said at least one music video a prerecorded audio signal and a prerecorded video signal from a live performance;

editing said prerecorded audio signal and said prerecorded video signal;

transmitting said edited prerecorded audio signal over said radio channel; and

with respect to said transmitting said edited prerecorded audio signal, contemporaneously transmitting said edited prerecorded audio signal and said edited prerecorded video signal over said television channel.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising

including live elements with said edited and prerecorded audio and video signals over said television channel.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising

originating said audio signal and said video signal from a radio station;

receiving a digital photograph at said radio station;

temporarily including a window in the video signal of said television channel; and

including said digital photograph in said window.

17. A method of transmitting audio and video signals, said method comprising:

transmitting an audio signal from at least one prerecorded audio/video source over a radio channel; and

with respect to said transmitting an audio signal, contemporaneously transmitting said audio signal and a video signal from said at least one prerecorded audio/video source over a television channel.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising

employing as one of said at least one prerecorded audio/video source a music video.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising

employing as one of said at least one prerecorded audio/video source a prerecorded news or talk radio program including said audio signal and said video signal.

20. A method of transmitting audio and video signals, said method comprising:

recording audio and video signals from at least one audio/video source;

transmitting an audio signal from said recorded audio and video signals over a radio channel; and

with respect to said transmitting an audio signal, transmitting said audio signal and a video signal from said recorded audio and video signals on a contemporaneous or delayed basis from said recorded audio and video signals over a television channel.

21. The method of claim 20 further comprising

receiving a video-on-demand request after said transmitting an audio signal from said recorded audio and video signals over a radio channel;

and

responsively transmitting audio and video signals from said recorded audio and video signals over said television channel.

22. The method of claim 20 further comprising

receiving a pay-per-view request after said transmitting an audio signal from said recorded audio and video signals over a radio channel;

and

responsively transmitting audio and video signals from said recorded audio and video signals over said television channel.

23. The method of claim 20 further comprising

with respect to said transmitting an audio signal, transmitting said audio and video signals on a contemporaneous basis from said recorded audio and video signals over said television channel.