Live broadcast interview conducted between studio booth and interviewer at remove location
First Claim
1. A method to record and transmit a performance, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a studio booth, the booth, including;
(i) an interior with a front wall, a rear wall, side walls extending between said front wall and rear wall, a floor, a ceiling, and a speaker system;
(ii) a high definition digital camera mounted at said front wall to generate video signals comprising at least one live in-booth performance;
(iii) an audio system including a booth microphone to detect and generate audio signals comprising an audio recording of said live in-booth performance;
(iv) a chroma key screen extending over at least a portion of said rear wall to produce background light that is, along with said live in-booth performance conducted in the booth, detected by said digital camera, digital camera;
(v) a computer system to generate backdrop signals representing a scenic backdrop;
(vi) a transmitter-receiver to send signals to a computer server at a location remote from said booth;
(vii) a flash encoder to receive said video signals, said audio signals, and said backdrop signals to generate performance signals comprising a recorded performance of said live in-booth performance, said recorded performance incorporating said video signals, said audio signals, and said backdrop signals, and transmit said performance signals to said transmitter-receiver; and
(viii) a system to minimize leakage by reducing pickup of sound produced by speakers in the studio booth by the booth microphone;
(b) providing a computer server remote from said booth;
(c) conducting said live in-booth performance;
(d) generating with said flash encoder said performance signals of said in-booth performance and transmitting said performance signals to said transmitter-receiver;
(e) transmitting with said transmitter-receiver said performance signals to said computer server for storage in said computer server; and
(f) substantially reducing or removing a subwoofer portion of the picked-up sound.
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Abstract
A method for providing a portal for an individual to access a web site for establishing personal relationships. The method includes the step of providing a portal booth to photograph the individual while the individual is in said booth to produce a photographic record of the individual, correlate selected demographic data about the individual with said photographic record, and transmit the photographic record and demographic data to the web site. The method also includes the step of correlating the photographic record and demographic data with an account for the individual at the web site such that other individuals can access the web site and the account to view at least said photographic record of said individual.
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15 Claims
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1. A method to record and transmit a performance, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a studio booth, the booth, including; (i) an interior with a front wall, a rear wall, side walls extending between said front wall and rear wall, a floor, a ceiling, and a speaker system; (ii) a high definition digital camera mounted at said front wall to generate video signals comprising at least one live in-booth performance; (iii) an audio system including a booth microphone to detect and generate audio signals comprising an audio recording of said live in-booth performance; (iv) a chroma key screen extending over at least a portion of said rear wall to produce background light that is, along with said live in-booth performance conducted in the booth, detected by said digital camera, digital camera; (v) a computer system to generate backdrop signals representing a scenic backdrop; (vi) a transmitter-receiver to send signals to a computer server at a location remote from said booth; (vii) a flash encoder to receive said video signals, said audio signals, and said backdrop signals to generate performance signals comprising a recorded performance of said live in-booth performance, said recorded performance incorporating said video signals, said audio signals, and said backdrop signals, and transmit said performance signals to said transmitter-receiver; and (viii) a system to minimize leakage by reducing pickup of sound produced by speakers in the studio booth by the booth microphone; (b) providing a computer server remote from said booth; (c) conducting said live in-booth performance; (d) generating with said flash encoder said performance signals of said in-booth performance and transmitting said performance signals to said transmitter-receiver; (e) transmitting with said transmitter-receiver said performance signals to said computer server for storage in said computer server; and (f) substantially reducing or removing a subwoofer portion of the picked-up sound. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A performance signal generating apparatus, said apparatus comprising:
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(a) an enclosure including an interior having a front wall, and a speaker system, the speaker system including a subwoofer; (b) a video camera mounted at said front wall and configured to generate video signals of a live performance in said interior of said enclosure; (c) an audio system configured to detect and to generate audio signals of said live performance, said audio system including a microphone in said interior configured to pick up sound within said interior and an anti-leakage system configured to reduce sound generated by said speaker system and picked up by said microphone and said anti-leakage system comprising an equalizer configured to substantially reduce or remove the subwoofer portion of the picked up sound; (d) a processing system configured to generate the performance signal using said video signals and said audio signals. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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