Patent ID: 6452612
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04H

Abstract:
In a video production environment having a processing unit in communication with a plurality of production devices, a method for producing a show, comprising the steps of:(a) pre-producing the show, thereby creating a script for the show; (b) defining a set of production commands corresponding to said script; (c) enabling insertion into said set one or more predefined pause commands to split said set into two or more segments of production commands; (d) executing said set, wherein the step of executing said set includes the step of transmitting control commands from the processing unit to the production devices, wherein said set comprises (i), and wherein said set also comprises at least one of (ii) and (iii): (i) first commands to control operations of the production devices; (ii) second commands to control selection of the production devices as inputs to the show; and (iii) third commands to control operations of said production devices and to control selection of the production devices as inputs to the show; and (e) pausing from executing next commands in said set upon processing one of said pause commands after one of said segments.