Patent ID: 9318149
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: G11B,H04H,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of composite broadcast control, comprising: presenting, at a user interface on a display, broadcast control options to a user as a plurality of fundamental production elements, each fundamental production element displayed as an icon on the user interface, the plurality of fundamental production elements comprising at least one of a background, an effect, a transition, and a stored clip, wherein the background can be combined with any of the effect, the transition, and the stored clip; presenting a first portion of the user interface, wherein the first portion is static and presents a plurality of production element type icons, one for each of the fundamental production elements available at the user interface; presenting a second portion of the user interface, wherein the second portion changes depending upon which of the plurality of production element type icons is selected, the second portion presents a plurality of production element icons corresponding to the selected production element type; receiving a selection of fundamental production elements via selection of the corresponding icons; and building, via a processor, a composited scene for broadcast output by layering the selected production elements, wherein a layer corresponding to a fundamental production element can be applied or removed from the composited scene by selection of the corresponding icon, wherein a specific production element is applied to the composited scene by selection of its corresponding icon.