Patent ID: 11895352
Assignee: EVERTZ MICROSYSTEMS LTD.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 6:
7. A method of managing media streams over an IP network, the method comprising:
receiving a media stream at a first device, the first device synchronized with a controller coupled, over the IP network, to the first device;
receiving, by the first device, a first control signal from the controller, the first control signal being transmitted from the controller to the first device at a first time of transmission such that the first control signal is received by the first device simultaneously with the media stream;
extracting, by the first device, a first instruction from the first control signal;
processing, by the first device, the media stream based on the first instruction within the first control signal;
generating, by the first device, a transformed media stream;
transmitting, by the first device, the transformed media stream, over the IP network, to a second device, wherein the second device coupled to the first device is configured to:
receive a second control signal from the controller, the second control signal being transmitted from the controller to the second device at a second time of transmission such that the second control signal is received by the second device simultaneously with the transformed media stream;
extract a second instruction from the second control signal; and
process the transformed media stream based on the second instruction, and, wherein the controller is further configured to determine the first time of transmission of the first control signal to the first device, and the second time of transmission of the second control signal to the second device.