Patent ID: 8046814
Filing Date: 2011-10-25
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for creating a video program comprising: a video server that executes a script created in response to receiving a request, the script defining the sequencing of audio and video segments associated with the request; a plurality of decoders supporting a plurality of encoding schemes, wherein a first decoder receives a first video input of recorded live video content and decodes the first video input to create a first video segment that includes a selected speaker; a plurality of converters, wherein a first converter receives a data input that includes data related to a plurality of conditions and creates a new video segment having new content based on selected data that corresponds to a selected condition; a linear frame buffer for assembling frames from the first video segment and frames from the new video segment to create the video program, wherein the frames from the new video segment correspond to the selected condition and wherein the selected condition is received from a remote device via a network; a plurality of encoders for receiving the video program from the linear frame buffer and encoding the video program; and an audio database that stores a plurality of audio recordings, each audio recording corresponding to a particular condition and a particular speaker, wherein the system, in accordance with the script, creates a new audio segment that includes at least one of the audio recordings that corresponds to the selected condition and the selected speaker and synchronizes the new audio segment to the new video segment.