Patent ID: 6198906
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: G06Q,H04H,H04N

Abstract:
In a broadcast system, a method for performing broadcast operations, comprising the steps of:specifying an instance of a first broadcast constituent;specifiying an instance of a second broadcast constituent;specifying an instance of a third broadcast constituent that is of an order higher than the first and second broadcast constiutent;specifying an association in the context of the third broadcast constituent that identifies a relative temporal relationship between the first and second broadcast constituents;for each constituent of the first and second broadcast constituents, specifying at least one corresponding material that represents the broadcast constituent, said material identifying a signal which represents the broadcast constituent;for each material, specifying at least one corresponding media that represents the material, said media identifying a media from where the signal is transferred; andfor a particular broadcast constituent, identifying the media that manifests the broadcast element based upon the material and media specified, such that the media representative of the first and second broadcast constituents are played in sequence.