METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING, TRANSMITTING, EDITING AND INTEGRATING, BROADCASTING, AND RECEIVING SIGNAL

• US 20130272680A1
• Filed: 10/20/2011
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yong Lu
• Original Assignee: Yong Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Yong
• Granted Patent: US 9,584,878 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 386/285
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25866 Management of end-user data customer care in data networks H04L41/5077
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8106 involving special audio data, e.g. different tracks for different languages
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/854 Content authoring

Abstract

Embodiments of present invention provide a method and system for collecting, transmitting, editing and integrating, broadcasting, and receiving signals. The method comprises acquiring one and/or more audio signals and one and/or more video signals of the same program collected by one and/or more audio and video collection terminals; editing and integrating the one and/or more audio signals and the one and/or more video signals of the same program on a network platform, and then broadcasting; selecting among the one and/or more audio signals and the one and/or more video signals of the same program at a receiving terminal, and receiving the selected audio signal and video signal.

Claims

1. A method for collecting, transmitting, editing and integrating, broadcasting, and receiving signals, comprising:

collecting multiple audio signals and multiple video signals, or one audio signal and multiple video signals, or multiple audio signals and one video signal of the same program using multiple audio and video collecting terminals;

registering the multiple audio and video collecting terminals;

acquiring the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program collected by the registered multiple audio and video collecting terminals on a network platform, and the audio and video signals collected by unregistered audio and video collecting terminals are treated as candidate signals, and acquiring the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program collected by the unregistered multiple audio and video collecting terminals on the network platform;

editing and integrating the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program on the network platform, and then broadcasting the signals; and

selecting from the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program at a receiving terminal, and receiving and presenting the selected audio signal and video signal.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein further comprising:

transmitting, by each audio and video collecting terminal, the collected audio signals and video signals of the same program to the network platform for editing and integrating via a high-speed broadband transmission network by using a high-speed broadband network communication module, wherein the high-speed broadband transmission network includes one or more of a television transmission network, a telecommunication transmission network, and an interconnection network that includes a 3G network or a 4G network.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein editing and integrating comprises one or more of registering the audio and video collecting terminals, inserting audio and video resources, censoring the audio and video resources, monitoring the audio and video resources, and billing the audio and video resources, wherein inserting audio and video resources is used to insert advertisements and/or accompanying sound.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the step of editing and integrating the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program at the network platform and then broadcasting the signals comprises:

filtering the audio signals and video signals of the same program collected by each registered audio and video collecting terminal to acquire usable audio signals and video signals of the same program, and broadcasting the signals;

filtering the candidate audio and video signals collected by the unregistered audio and video collecting terminals, and broadcasting the usable audio signals and video signals; and

acquiring information about an audio signal and a video signal selected by the receiving terminal, and timing and billing the audio signal and video signal selected by the receiving terminal.

2. (canceled)

6. A system for collecting, transmitting, editing and integrating, broadcasting, and receiving signals, comprising:

an audio and video acquiring unit configured to collect multiple audio signals and multiple video signals, or one audio signal and multiple video signals, or multiple audio signals and one video signal of the same program using multiple audio and video collecting terminals, and acquire the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program collected by the multiple audio and video collecting terminals on a network platform;

a resource integrating and interacting unit configured to register the audio and video collecting terminals, acquire the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program collected by the registered multiple audio and video collecting terminals on a network platform, and the audio and video signals collected by unregistered audio and video collecting terminals are treated as candidate signals, and edit and integrate the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program on the network platform, and then broadcast the signals; and

a receiving unit configured to select from the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program at a receiving terminal, and receive and present the selected audio signal and video signal.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the audio and video acquiring unit is further configured to use a high-speed broadband network communication module of each audio/video collecting terminal to transmit the collected multiple audio signals and multiple video signals, or the collected one audio signal and multiple video signals, or the collected multiple audio signals and one video signal of the same program to the network platform for editing and integrating via a high-speed broadband transmission network, wherein the high-speed broadband transmission network includes one or more of a television transmission network, a telecommunication transmission network, and an interconnection network that includes a 3G network or a 4G network.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the resource integrating and interacting unit is specifically configured to edit and integrate the multiple audio signals and the multiple video signals, or the one audio signal and the multiple video signals, or the multiple audio signals and the one video signal of the same program, said editing and integrating comprises one or more of registering the audio and video collecting terminals, inserting audio and video resources, censoring the audio and video resources, monitoring the audio and video resources, and billing the audio and video resources, wherein inserting audio/video resources is used to inserts advertisements and/or accompanying sound.

10. The system according to claim 6, wherein the resource integrating and interacting unit is further configured to filter the audio signals and video signals of the same program collected by each registered audio and video collecting terminal to acquire usable audio signals and video signals of the same program, and broadcast the signals, filter the candidate audio and video signals collected by the unregistered audio and video collecting terminals, and broadcast the usable audio signals and video signals of the candidate audio/video signals after filtering, acquire information about an audio signal and a video signal selected by the receiving terminal, and time and bill the audio signal and video signal selected by the receiving terminal.

7. (canceled)