LOW BANDWIDTH TELEVISION
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Abstract
The present invention is concerned with client-side production in a personal computer environment of low bandwidth images and audio. A series of low bandwidth still images along with a “script” and audio data is sent over a network in a client/server architecture or is read from a compact disk or other memory. A “director” module residing in a client personal computer uses the “script” to tell the computer how to execute a sequence of “moves” on the still images. These moves include cuts, dissolves, fades, wipes, focuses, flying planes and digital video effects such as push and pull. Moves within a still image occur in real time, and are relatively smooth and continuous as compared to prior art network video. Low bandwidth is achieved because most of the production is done at the client location without relying upon slow, bandwidth-limited downloading of conventional network video formats.
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32. A method, performed by a computer system having a memory and a processor, the method comprising:
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receiving, via a computer network, a script module specifying; instructions for executing moves on at least one still image, and a sequence for applying moves to at least one still image; receiving, via the computer network, at least a preliminary portion of an image module comprising a plurality of still images; and producing a first video by applying, with the processor, instructions for executing moves specified by the script module to at least one still image of the preliminary portion of the image module in the sequence for applying moves specified by the script module. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A computing system, having a memory and a processor, for producing video sequences, the computing system comprising:
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a script module specifying script code representing how an image is to be animated to produce a video sequence; an image module specifying at least one image; and a director module configured to apply the script code to the at least one image specified by the image module to produce a video sequence, wherein the computing system is coupled to a computer network and wherein the script module, the image module, and the director module are each received by the computing system via the computer network. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by computer system having a memory and a processor, cause the computer system to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a script module specifying instructions for performing at least one move on an image; receiving an image module comprising at least one image; and receiving a director module configured to produce a video by performing a first move on a first image of the image module by executing instructions, specified by the script module, for performing the first move. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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Specification