INTERACTIVE VIDEO SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An interactive video system comprising a host adapted to receive a plurality of audio/visual (A/V) streams from a plurality of respective clients coupled to the host, wherein the host combines at least a portion of the plurality of A/V streams to produce a combined A/V stream, and wherein the host transmits the combined A/V stream to at least one of the plurality of clients for simultaneous presentation of the combined A/V stream with an event broadcast on a display device at the at least one of the plurality of clients.
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Abstract
An interactive video system is provided that is capable of combining streaming televised events with video conferencing technology to create a social television experience. A first user is able to connect via a webcam and microphone to a server that combines the webcam video and sound from the microphone with a streaming video that could be a televised event. The combined webcam video, microphone sound, and streaming video is then broadcast to the first user and other users such that the users are capable of viewing the streaming video with the live conferencing video and sound from the first user. This procedure may be repeated such that a plurality of users may video conference live on top of the streaming video.
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25 Claims
- 1. An interactive video system comprising a host adapted to receive a plurality of audio/visual (A/V) streams from a plurality of respective clients coupled to the host, wherein the host combines at least a portion of the plurality of A/V streams to produce a combined A/V stream, and wherein the host transmits the combined A/V stream to at least one of the plurality of clients for simultaneous presentation of the combined A/V stream with an event broadcast on a display device at the at least one of the plurality of clients.
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for presenting an interactive video display, wherein the program is adapted to instruct a processing device to perform steps comprising:
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transmitting an audio/visual stream to a host; receiving a combined audio/visual (A/V) stream from the host wherein the combined A/V stream comprises at least a portion of at least one individual A/V stream received at the host from at least one respective client coupled to the host; and presenting on a display device at a client each individual A/V stream of the combined A/V stream in a respective conferencing window simultaneous with an event broadcast. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of presenting an interactive video display comprising:
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receiving a plurality of audio/visual (A/V) streams at a host from a plurality of respective clients coupled to the host; combining at least a portion of the plurality of A/V streams to produce a combined A/V stream; and transmitting the combined A/V stream to at least one of the plurality of clients for simultaneous presentation of the combined A/V stream with an event broadcast on a display device at the at least one plurality of clients. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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