REMOTE PROGRAM PRODUCTION

• US 20090063633A1
• Filed: 08/15/2005
• Published: 03/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/13/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rpptv Limited
• Original Assignee: Rpptv Limited
• Inventors: Buchanan, William, Bradbury, Russell
• Application Number:
  US11/573,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20090063633A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/205
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23439 for generating different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8405 represented by keywords
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/262 Studio circuits, e.g. for mixing, switching-over, change of character of image, other special effects ; Cameras specially adapted for the electronic generation of special effects

Abstract

A method of compiling an audio/video work from a plurality of pieces of editable material via a computer network comprising a central server and one or more remote stations, the method comprising storing as said pieces of editable material together with information unique to each piece of material and timing information; providing data representing said material and information to a user at a remote location via the computer network according to requests received from the user; selecting editable material or portions of said editable material and noting the information associated with the selected material or portions of said material; and forwarding the noted information to the central server where the noted information is stored for further use.

Claims

1. A method of compiling an audio/video work from a plurality of pieces of editable material via a computer network comprising a central server and one or more remote stations, the method comprising:

storing as said pieces of editable material together with information unique to each piece of material and timing information;

providing data representing said material and information including content information relating to the content of the editable material to a user at a remote location via the computer network according to requests received from the user;

searching the material using the content information;

selecting editable material or portions of said editable material and noting the information associated with the selected material or portions of said material; and

forwarding the noted information to the central server where the noted information is stored for further use characterized that the content information is editable by a user in order to permit user defined information to be added to the content information.

2. The method according to claim 1, in which said timing information comprises corresponding time codes applied to said first and second versions.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the data representing said material is provided to a user as lower bandwidth material than the stored material.

7. The method according to claim 6, in which said lower bandwidth material is of a quality suitable for at least real-time transmission via said computer network.

8. The method according to claim 1, in which said stored material is of broadcast quality.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein each time a user notes a decision relating to at least one of said pieces of material, information relating to the decision is forwarded to the central server whereby an edit decision list is created at the central server.

3-5. -5. (canceled)

10. A system of compiling an audio/video work from a plurality of pieces of editable material via a computer network, the system comprising:

a central server and one or more remote stations, the central server having means for storing said pieces of information together with information unique to each piece of material and timing information,

user operatable means at a remote station for communicating with the central server via the computer network in order to request data representing editable material to be sent to the remote station,

user operable means for noting information associated with user selected material or portions of said editable material, and

means for forwarding the noted information to the central server which is additionally provided with storage means for storing said noted information for future use, wherein the noted information is editable by a user in order to permit user defined information to be added.

11. The system according to claim 10, in which said additional information comprises corresponding time codes applied to said first and second versions.

12. The system according to claim 10, in which said additional information comprises content information relating to the content of the editable material.

13. The system according to claim 10, further comprising output means arranged to output said work.

14. The system according to claim 13, in which said output means comprise means arranged to broadcast said work.

15. The system according to claim 13, which said output means comprises means arranged to write said work to a recording medium.

16-22. -22. (canceled)