Interactive video system
First Claim
1. An interactive video system comprising:
- a host, wherein the host receives a plurality of audio/visual (A/V) streams from an event broadcaster coupled to the host and a plurality of clients coupled to the host,wherein the event broadcaster is separate from the host,wherein the event broadcaster produces an event broadcast, wherein the event broadcast is part of the plurality of A/V streams,wherein the event broadcast is directly transmitted from the event broadcaster to the plurality of clients, andwherein the host includesa database server andan application server,wherein the host is configured to combine at least a portion of the plurality of A/V streams to produce a combined A/V stream, andwherein the host is configured to transmit the combined A/V stream to at least one of the plurality of clients for simultaneous presentation of the combined A/V stream with the event broadcast on a display device at the at least one client.
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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
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1. An interactive video system comprising:
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a host, wherein the host receives a plurality of audio/visual (A/V) streams from an event broadcaster coupled to the host and a plurality of clients coupled to the host, wherein the event broadcaster is separate from the host, wherein the event broadcaster produces an event broadcast, wherein the event broadcast is part of the plurality of A/V streams, wherein the event broadcast is directly transmitted from the event broadcaster to the plurality of clients, and wherein the host includes a database server and an application server, wherein the host is configured to combine at least a portion of the plurality of A/V streams to produce a combined A/V stream, and wherein the host is configured to transmit the combined A/V stream to at least one of the plurality of clients for simultaneous presentation of the combined A/V stream with the event broadcast on a display device at the at least one client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. The interactive video system of claim l, wherein the host is further configured to store in a storage module information related to the plurality of clients coupled to the host and information related to event broadcasts displayed at a display device of each of the plurality of clients.
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with software stored thereon for presenting an interactive video display, wherein the software is configured to instruct one or more processing devices to perform steps comprising:
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receiving an first audio/visual (ā
A/Vā
) stream at a host from an event broadcaster, wherein the first A/V stream is part of an event broadcast which is broadcast by the event broadcaster;receiving a second A/V stream at the host from a first client of a plurality of clients, wherein the plurality of clients are coupled to the host; and transmitting a combined A/V stream to a second client of the plurality of clients, wherein the event broadcaster is separate from the host, wherein each client is configured to receive an event broadcast A/V stream from the event broadcaster directly, wherein the combined A/V stream includes the first A/V stream and the second A/V stream, wherein the combined A/V stream is configured to be presented on a display device at the second client, and wherein the second A/V stream is presented in a respective conferencing window on the display device simultaneous with the first A/V stream. - 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 (AN) streams at a host from a plurality of clients coupled to the host and an event broadcast from an event broadcaster, wherein the event broadcaster is separate from the host and wherein each client of the plurality of clients is configured to receive the event broadcast from the event broadcaster directly; combining at least a portion of the plurality of AN streams and the event broadcast 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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