Patent ID: 8161177
Filing Date: 2012-04-17
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of formulating multimedia content of an on-line interview, the method comprising: transmitting during the on-line interview, over a data communications network from a first client device to a second client device, a media stream of multimedia content from an interviewee, wherein the multimedia content includes audio data and video data, and wherein the media stream from the interviewee as received at the second client device is characterized by an audio volume level that varies during the on-line interview; simultaneously with the transmitting of the media stream from the interviewee, recording the media stream from the interviewee in a media file on the first client device; recording during the on-line interview in a media file on the second client device, a media stream of multimedia content from an interviewer, wherein the multimedia content includes audio data and video data; providing by the interviewer adjustments in a volume setting on the second client device to compensate for the variations in audio volume level during the on-line interview; recording on the second client device the adjustments in the volume setting; transmitting after the on-line interview, from the first client device to the second client device, the media file containing the recorded media stream from the interviewee; and merging the recorded media files into a single media file on the second client device for transmission to viewers of the on-line interview, wherein the single media file includes multimedia content with audio data and video data, including varying the audio volume level of the recorded media stream from the interviewee in accordance with the recorded adjustments.