Patent ID: 6941517
Filing Date: 2005-09-06
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A production module authoring system, for use in a low bandwidth video system, comprising: a computer having a display screen, memory, image files, video files, and audio files; and a software application, residing in said memory, which presents a graphical user interface on said display screen that allows a user to use point-and-click operations to build a production module for use in said low bandwidth video system, said software application comprising: a director module residing in said memory; and said a production module, including a script module, an image module, an audio module, and a new effects module; wherein said director module (1) uses said image module, new effects module, and instructions in said script module to compute a series of real-time screen transitions; and (2) combines said real-time screen transitions with associated audio to render high quality digital video on said display screen.