Patent ID: 7103670
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of remote direction of streaming digital content from a multiplicity of sources of digital information to a multiplicity of client devices the method implemented upon a network of digital computers, at least one of the digital computers comprising a content server upon which the steps of the method are implemented in computer memory and at least one computer processor, the method comprising the steps of: receiving digital content from the sources, the digital content having a multiplicity of digital formats; receiving, from a remote director, and storing in computer memory, remote director instructions, the remote director instructions including instructions for selections of the digital content for inclusion in an output stream; carrying out the remote director instructions, wherein carrying out the remote director instructions further comprises: selecting in dependence upon the remote director's instructions the digital content for inclusion in the output stream; transcoding, in dependence upon the remote director's instructions the digital content from sources into digital content having streaming format; including in the output stream, in dependence upon the remote director's instructions, the digital content having streaming format; communicating, in dependence upon the remote director's instructions, to at least one of the client devices the output stream; wherein the client devices comprise client device attributes; and said transcoding further comprising transcoding in dependence upon the client device attributes.