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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MULTIPLEXING SEPERATELY-AUTHORED METADATA FOR INSERTION INTO A VIDEO DATA STREAM

  • US 20010023436A1
  • Filed: 01/22/1999
  • Published: 09/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/1998
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An authoring system for interactive video, comprising:

  • a video feed providing a main video presentation stream;

    two or more authoring stations coupled to the video feed providing authoring functions creating metadata for enhancing the main video stream; and

    a multiplexer for coordinating authored metadata with the main video stream;

    wherein the authoring stations note a presentation time stamp (PTS) of video frames or a synchronized system time and incorporate the PTS in the authored metadata for matching the metadata with the main video presentation stream.

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