Abstract:
The present invention relates generally to a dual mono-directional media apparatus and method thereof. More particularly, the invention is directed to a method and apparatus relating to a dual mono-directional television apparatus and method thereof. More specifically, the present invention is also directed to a “Distance Mirror Television” (DMTV) apparatus and method thereof. Images from a first location are captured, transmitted, and broadcast to a second location, while simultaneously images from the second location are captured, transmitted, and broadcast to the first location. The method of use allows mutual, simultaneous, live observation, between individuals at different locations. Optionally, the first location could also broadcast sound from the second location along with the incoming images from the second location, and similarly, the second location could also broadcast sound from the first location along with the incoming images from the first location.

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    The instant patent application is a Continuation-In-Part and claims priority to and the benefit of pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/662,372, filed on Oct. 26, 2012, titled “Distance Mirror Television Apparatus And Method Thereof,” the entire disclosure of which patent application is incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     FIELD OF THE INVENTION 
       [0002]    The present invention relates generally to a dual mono-directional media apparatus and method thereof. More particularly, the invention is directed to a method and apparatus relating to a dual mono-directional television apparatus and method thereof. More specifically, the present invention is also directed to a “Distance Mirror Television” (DMTV) apparatus and method thereof. Images from a first location are captured, transmitted, and broadcast to a second location, while simultaneously images from the second location are captured, transmitted, and broadcast to the first location. The method of use allows mutual, simultaneous, live observation, between individuals at different locations. Optionally, the first location could also broadcast sound from the second location along with the incoming images from the second location, and similarly, the second location could also broadcast sound from the first location along with the incoming images from the first location. 
       BACKGROUND INFORMATION 
       [0003]    Improvements have been made in the past on the basic design and utility of a television type device. Similarly, methods have been devised to further the art of television type devices. 
         [0004]    Past efforts have included inventions that made use of a deliberately closed and limited system of broadcast and reception, such as, for example, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV). 
         [0005]    Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) provides a real-time virtual image, generally but not necessarily of something distant, to specific monitor(s) at specific location(s). 
         [0006]    Closed circuit television now provides uses in surveillance; observation or monitoring or control of goings-on or procedures from a vantage point; distance conferencing; distance education. 
         [0007]    There are also personal or idiosyncratic uses of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), such as pay-per-view and video art. 
         [0008]    There are also uses wherein Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) provides a real time virtual image of its viewer(s), allowing them to observe themselves, such as, at a bank, or at a customer service center. 
         [0009]    There are also mutual uses on the Internet and other computer networks, for example, voice-and-view uses using multimedia applications. For example, Skype visuals accompany conversations and meetings. 
         [0010]    In recent decades the explosion of wireless technologies has inspired and supported innovations in Video Conferencing (VC) or Video Chatting (VC). Many means and methods of real-time mutual virtual contact through Video Conferencing or Video Chatting now exist. 
         [0011]    U.S. Pat. No. 5,305,100 (Hyeon J. Choi), the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a bidirectional communication system for a CCTV in a monitoring system having a plurality of monitoring cameras, comprising a plurality of rotators, each for rotating a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras in vertical and horizontal directions in response to upward, downward, left and right rotation control signals, a plurality of voice transmission and reception adapters, each mounted to a corresponding one of the plurality of cameras, for transmitting and receiving a voice signal, a plurality of remote controllers, each having a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving the voice signal remotely through a corresponding one of the plurality of voice transmission and reception adapters, a video selector for selecting a desired one of video signals from the plurality of cameras, a channel selector for selecting a desired channel for voice communication and camera rotation control, a voice processing circuit for performing transmission and reception of the voice signal through the plurality of voice transmission and reception adapters, and a rotator control circuit for generating the upward, downward, left and right rotation control signals for controlling actuation of the plurality of rotators, thereby to control projection angles of the plurality of cameras. 
         [0012]    U.S. Pat. No. 6,529,230 (Yuen Thub William Chong), the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses an invention that relates to a remote surveillance and conferencing system which includes video transceivers and provides audiovisual communications over a standard Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). The system provides capabilities for closed circuit television (CCTV) applications, security systems, video conferencing, remote video surveillance, home automation and fire control, all in one, without requiring use of a computer. Each video transceiver includes a dedicated keypad which allows users to use the system without a telephone. Keypad controllers available to some of the video transceivers provide a capability to remotely control the system. 
         [0013]    U.S. Patent Publication No. 2004/0212679 (Ho-Jin Jun), the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a closed circuit television (CCTV) system controlled by a control program installed in a remote surveillance computer, and a matrix switcher used for the CCTV system. The computer-based remote surveillance CCTV system is comprised of a computer video matrix switcher for processing an image signal from a camera and transmitting the processed signal to a video input terminal of the surveillance computer; and a control program, installed in the surveillance computer, for controlling the operation of the computer video matrix switcher and creating camera control data. 
         [0014]    U.S. Patent Publication No. 2005/0200486 (Richard S. Greer), the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a clinical (or other) event which triggers automatic video recording of an area in the vicinity of a patient on a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) by a CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) for storage in an Electronic Patient Record (EPR) using coded data (e.g., identifying event type, date, time, duration) and alerts medical personnel to events requiring intervention. A system for remote monitoring of a patient, includes a video camera positioned for monitoring a patient care area. A camera management processor initiates activation of image acquisition by the camera in response to detection of a signal derived in response to a trigger condition. A video recording unit stores data representing acquired video images in response to camera activation. 
         [0015]    U.S. Patent Publication No. 2008/0298571 (Andrew F. Kurtz, et al.), the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a video communication (VC) system and method for operating a video communication (VC) system. The video communication system has a video communication device, having an image display device and at least one image capture device, wherein the at least one image capture device acquires video images of a local environment and an individual therein, according to defined video capture settings, an audio system having an audio emission device and an audio capture device; and a computer operable to interact with a contextual interface, a privacy interface, an image processor, and a communication controller to enable a communication event including at least one video scene in which outgoing video images are sent to a remote site. Wherein the contextual interface includes scene analysis algorithms for identifying potential scene transitions and capture management algorithms for providing changes in video capture settings appropriate to any identified scene transitions; and wherein the privacy interface provides privacy settings to control the capture, transmission, display, or recording of video image content from the local environment. 
         [0016]    U.S. Patent Publication No. 2011/0249073 (Elizabeth C. Cranfill, et al.), the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference, discloses a method for initiating a video conference (VC) using a first mobile device. The method presents, during an audio call through a wireless communication network with a second device, a selectable user-interface (UI) item on the first mobile device for switching from the audio call to the video conference (VC). The method receives a selection of the selectable UI item. The method initiates the video conference (VC) without terminating the audio call. The method terminates the audio call before allowing the first and second devices to present audio and video data exchanged through the video conference (VC). 
         [0017]    The present invention improves on the prior art by providing an inventive “Distance Mirror Television” (DMTV) apparatus and method thereof. 
       PURPOSES AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0018]    The invention is a “Distance Mirror Television” (DMTV) apparatus and method thereof. 
         [0019]    One purpose of DMTV (Distance Mirror Television) is to mimic the Mirror but remake it in an essential respect. The virtual reality of oneself in the mirror is changed into something else. DMTV allows a first person in a first place to look into a mirror-like object and see another person in another place, while knowing that this other person in another place is looking back at him/her. This double mutual observation between different people in different places or locations is maintained by an automatic, continuous transmission. 
         [0020]    The DMTV transmission provides images from a first location to a second location, and images from a second location to the first location at the same time. 
         [0021]    The DMTV transmission captures live images from a first location and displays them at a second location, while simultaneously displaying live images captured from the second location at the first location. 
         [0022]    The DMTV transmission may broadcast, when desired, live background sound from the first location at a second location, and simultaneously broadcast at the first location live background sound arising from the second location. 
         [0023]    The DMTV transmission allows mutual, simultaneous, real-time, live observation between individuals at different locations. 
         [0024]    The DMTV transmission allows for a succession of real-time live mutual observations between individuals at different locations. 
         [0025]    The DMTV transmission allows real-time, live, mutual observations between individuals at stationary and/or non-stationary locations. 
         [0026]    Therefore, in one aspect this invention comprises a distance mirror television apparatus, comprising: 
         [0027]    (a) at least one first location having at least one first screen, and wherein said at least one first location has at least one first camera to record and transmit at least one first image of at least one first activity to at least one transmitter; 
         [0028]    (b) at least one second location having at least one second screen, and wherein said at least one second location has at least one second camera to record and transmit at least one second image of at least one second activity to said at least one transmitter; 
         [0029]    (c) said transmitter having at least one means to transmit said at least one first image to said at least one second screen at said at least one second location, and wherein said at least one second screen has at least one means to display said at least one first image at said at least one second location; 
         [0030]    (d) said transmitter having at least one means to transmit said at least one second image to said at least one first screen at said at least one first location, and wherein said at least one first screen has at least one means to display said at least one second image at said at least one first location; 
         [0031]    (e) wherein there is no coordination between transmission of said at least one first image, and transmission of said at least one second image; 
         [0032]    (f) wherein there is no coordination between said at least one first activity, and said at least one second activity, and 
         [0033]    (g) wherein there is passive observation of said at least one first activity at said second location, and a passive observation of said at least one second activity at said first location. 
         [0034]    In another aspect this invention comprises a distance mirror television apparatus, comprising: 
         [0035]    (a) at least one first location having at least one first screen, and wherein said at least one first location has at least one first camera to record and transmit at least one first image of at least one first activity to at least one transmitter; 
         [0036]    (b) at least one second location having at least one second screen, and wherein said at least one second location has at least one second camera to record and transmit at least one second image of at least one second activity to said at least one transmitter; 
         [0037]    (c) said transmitter having at least one means to transmit said at least one first image to said at least one second screen at said at least one second location, and wherein said at least one second screen has at least one means to display said at least one first image at said at least one second location; 
         [0038]    (d) said transmitter having at least one means to transmit said at least one second image to said at least one first screen at said at least one first location, and wherein said at least one first screen has at least one means to display said at least one second image at said at least one first location; 
         [0039]    (e) at least one first individual at said at least one first location observes said at least one second activity on said at least one first screen at said at least one first location; 
         [0040]    (f) at least one second individual at said at least one second location observes said at least one first activity on said at least one second screen at said at least one second location; 
         [0041]    (g) wherein there is no coordination between transmission of said at least one first image, and transmission of said at least one second image; 
         [0042]    (h) wherein there is no coordination between said at least one first activity, and said at least one second activity; 
         [0043]    (i) wherein said at least one first individual does not control said first transmission, and wherein said at least one second individual does not control said second transmission; and 
         [0044]    (j) wherein there is passive observation of said at least one first activity at said second location by said second individual, and a passive observation of said at least one second activity at said first location by said first individual. 
         [0045]    In yet another aspect this invention comprises a method to operate a distance mirror television, comprising the steps of: 
         [0046]    (a) providing at least one first screen and at least one first camera at at least one first location; 
         [0047]    (b) providing at least one means to said at least one first camera to record and transmit at least one first image of at least one first activity taking place at said at least one first location to at least one transmitter; 
         [0048]    (c) providing at least one second screen and at least one second camera at at least one second location; 
         [0049]    (d) providing at least one means to said at least one second camera to record and transmit at least one second image of at least one second activity taking place at said at least one second location to said at least one transmitter; 
         [0050]    (e) providing at least one means to said at least one transmitter to transmit said at least one first image of said at least one first activity to said at least one second screen at said at least one second location; 
         [0051]    (f) providing at least one means to said at least one second screen to display said at least one first image of said at least one first activity at said at least one second location; 
         [0052]    (g) providing at least one means to said at least one transmitter to transmit said at least one second image of said at least one second activity to said at least one first screen at said at least one first location; 
         [0053]    (h) providing at least one means to said at least one first screen to display said at least one second image of said at least one second activity at said at least one first location; 
         [0054]    (i) at least one first individual at said at least one first location observing said at least one second activity on said at least one first screen at said at least one first location; 
         [0055]    (j) at least one second individual at said at least one second location observing said at least one first activity on said at least one second screen at said at least one second location; 
         [0056]    (k) wherein there is no coordination between transmission of said at least one first image and transmission of said at least one second image; 
         [0057]    (l) wherein there is no coordination between said at least one first activity and said at least one second activity; 
         [0058]    (m) wherein said at least one first individual does not control said first transmission, and wherein said at least one second individual does not control said second transmission; and 
         [0059]    (n) wherein there is passive observation of said at least one first activity at said second location by said second individual, and a passive observation of said at least one second activity at said first location by said first individual. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0060]    Although the scope of the present invention is much broader than any particular embodiment, a detailed description of the preferred embodiment follows, together with drawings. These drawings are for illustration purposes only and are not drawn to scale. Like numbers represent like features and components in the drawings. The invention may best be understood by reference to the ensuing detailed description in conjunction with the drawings in which: 
           [0061]      FIG. 1 , illustrates a first embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television (DMTV) invention. 
           [0062]      FIG. 2 , illustrates a second embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television (DMTV) invention. 
           [0063]      FIG. 3 , illustrates a third embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television (DMTV) invention. 
           [0064]      FIG. 4 , illustrates a fourth embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television (DMTV) invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
       [0065]    It should be appreciated that Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), Video Conferencing (VC) or Video Chatting (VC) or Video Communication (VC), and Distance Mirror Television (DMTV), all differ from one another. For example, the CCTV system, once set, continues to transmit, receive, and display the image from the camera on a screen, without any time limit, and this continues until either the operator decides to turn the system off or the system is shut down, such as, for repair or maintenance. Whereas, in VC, the transmission, receipt, and display, at each location exists for a limited period of time. This time duration in VC is controlled by at least one of the parties. For example, in VC the party transmitting at a first location could stop transmission from the first location, or could stop viewing the incoming transmission from the second location, or likewise the party transmitting at a second location could stop transmission from the second location, or stop viewing the incoming transmission from the first location, or either party could terminate the entire transmission once the purpose of the transmission has been served. Whereas, with DMTV transmission neither the party at a first location nor the party at a second location controls the transmission, receipt, or display, and thus once DMTV has been set up it is automatic, continuous, and open-ended. DMTV transmission would be OFF only when being serviced. 
         [0066]    Additionally, CCTV, VC, and DMTV, are all different from each other in that, for example, in CCTV, the operator or observer selects a camera image or location or a person to observe, and the person under observation has no control over this one-way transmission, while active observation and control belongs to the operator or observer. Whereas, in VC there is a specific mutual purpose for each transmission, and all parties have control over the transmission. Additionally, in VC once the transmission has been initiated by the first party, the second party has a choice either to accept the transmission or to reject the invitation to communicate with the first party: this is akin to a telephone call, where the receiver may choose to accept the incoming call or reject it by not answering the telephone. However, selections and options such as these are not present in DMTV, as neither the first person at the first location nor the second person at the second location selects or controls the content that is captured, transmitted, and viewed at the other location. 
         [0067]    Furthermore, CCTV, VC, and DMTV, are all different from each other in that, for example, in CCTV, the operator or observer has chosen to watch a monitor or screen to observe what is being received from one or more camera(s). And thus, in CCTV the actively monitoring operator or observer is a constant, while the contents under observation may be continuously changing. Whereas, in VC both parties, at each end, have at least some relationship with each other, and hence have some reason or desire to communicate, and thus when the transmission is established between participants of a VC (i.e., video conferencing or video chat), all parties are willing participants in the communication, and some relationship is established. That relationship could be familial, educational, work-related, recreational, telemarketing, etc. Whereas in DMTV a first party at a first location has no relationship with a second party at a second location. And while the first party is at the first location, what the first party is doing at the first location is observing the transmitted image of the second party, and similarly, what the second party is doing at the second location is observing the transmitted image of the first party. Thus, under DMTV there is no relationship established between the first party at the first location and the second party at the second location. Additionally, under DMTV, in the absence of relationship between the parties at each location, the parties at each location would be constantly changing during the uninterrupted or continuous transmission. 
         [0068]    It is well known that in VC all the parties have control over their video cameras and/or still picture cameras and/or are providing feedback and/or are eliciting responses, and overall choosing and creating the content of the communication until one or more of the parties chose to end the communication. 
         [0069]    The present invention, Distance Mirror Television (DMTV), uses a closed circuit type of transmission to change and amplify the mirror, and creates an electronic mirror. The Distance Mirror Television effect builds on our familiarity with mirrors and our expectation of seeing ourselves and our surroundings in the mirror. The DMTV mutual mirror invention replaces self-observation with mutual observation; instead of looking at themselves, DMTV-mirror viewers look at each other. Live, mutual closed circuit transmission is used to effect the change from what one expects of the mirror (a continuous virtual image of whatever is in front of it) to what one sees in DMTV mutual mirrors: a continuous virtual image of whatever is in front of a distant DMTV camera. But this distant continuous reality is as close as any mirror image. The mirror gaze is no longer shared with oneself, but up close with other people in other places. Distance Mirror Television produces a contemporary electronic mirror that is able to take us “through the looking glass.” 
         [0070]    Today there is an enormous variety of ways to achieve mutual virtual contact. Means and methods of VC mutual virtual communication comprise user-initiation and user-control. In VC users are an intrinsic part of the creation of the communication. Indeed, with mobile devices, camera, screen, and user in VC could be said to form a coordinated unit, functioning together. Moreover, in VC some means and methods of computerized mutual video also incorporate algorithms and settings that are devised and revised to suit particular users. In VC algorithms and variable settings control outcomes, and coordinate outcomes to the needs and wishes of particular users. 
         [0071]    Generally speaking, users of VC create a closed mutual broadcast that has a specific or an expected purpose or result between/among people known to each other or chosen by each other. Within this overall structure, participants at each end in VC are actively generating the communication. In VC all of the aforesaid demonstrates active control and coordination. 
         [0072]    In distinction, control and coordination is not part of DMTV. The behavior of the DMTV apparatus is autonomous, and is outside the participants&#39; control. 
         [0073]    The individuals in front of DMTV cameras and screens do not work or operate DMTV. Nor does DMTV work itself to suit the individuals who are observing or being observed at each location. No component part of DMTV governs, controls, or adjusts the outcome. 
         [0074]    DMTV builds on the Mirror. To begin with, the image on DMTV mirror screen, like any mirror, would be available to anyone who passes in front of it (although the image is coming from another location). Furthermore, in similarity to traditional mirrors, the DMTV mutual mirror (screen) is a passive object that is not controlled by any individual but functions by itself. Furthermore, DMTV transmission is continuous, in similarity to the constant virtual image of traditional mirrors. 
         [0075]    Distance Mirror Television is meant to serve a different area of life experience than personal computer communication devices serve. Through its resemblance to mirrors, DMTV is meant to present the existence of others in an especially immediate way. DMTV is meant to provide its own novel mental, social, and aesthetic experiences. 
         [0076]      FIG. 1 , illustrates a first embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television invention  23  or DMTV  23 . The Distance Mirror Television invention  23 , comprises at least one first DMTV screen  12 , having at least one first camera  14 , at at least one first location  10 , and at least one second DMTV screen  22 , having at least one second camera  24 , at at least one second location  20 . At the first location  10 , there is a first activity  16 , which is observable and recordable by at least one first sound and/or image recording device  14 , such as a first camera  14 , while at second location  20 , there is a second activity  26 , which is observable and recordable by at least one second sound and/or image recording device  24 , such as a second camera  24 . At least one first camera  14 , automatically and continuously records the first activity  16 , at first location  10 , in real time, as first content or image  19 , and then transmits the first content or image  19 , as first transmission  15 , to at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , or transmitter  50 . Similarly, at least one second camera  24 , automatically and continuously records the second activity  26 , at the second location  20 , in real time, as second content or image  29 , and then transmits the second content or image  29 , as second transmission  25 , to the at least one receiving and transmission device  50 . The at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , after receiving the first content  19 , via first transmission  15 , automatically and continuously transmits it again as first re-transmission  17 , to the second location  20 . Similarly, the at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , after receiving the second content  29 , via second transmission  25 , transmits it again as second re-transmission  27 , to the first location  10 . The first location  10 , after receiving the second re-transmission  27 , of second content  29 , automatically and continuously displays the second content  29 , on the first screen  12 , in real time. Similarly, the second location  20 , after receiving the first re-transmission  17 , of first content  19 , automatically and continuously displays the first content  19 , on the second screen  22 , in real time. Thus, as one can appreciate, the first activity  16 , from the first location  10 , is shown or displayed in real time at the second location  20 , on the second screen  22 , as content  19 , while, the second activity  26 , from the second location  20 , is shown or displayed in real time at the first location  10 , on the first screen  12 , as content  29 . 
         [0077]    It should be appreciated that there is no coordination between an electronic transmission of a first image  19 , from a first location  10 , and an electronic transmission of a second image  29 , from a second location  20 , and that there is no coordination between a first activity  16 , at a first location  10 , and a second activity  26 , at a second location  20 . It should further be appreciated that a first observer  11 , at a first location  10 , would only passively observe the second image  29 , at the first location  10 , while a second observer  21 , at a second location  20 , would only passively observe the first image  19 , at the second location  20 , and thus, there would be no cooperation or coordination of content  19 ,  29 , or input  19 ,  29 , or content input  19 ,  29 , between the first observer  11 , and the second observer  21 . It should also be appreciated that the first observer  11 , does not control the transmission  15 , of the first image  19 , and that the second observer  21 , does not control the transmission  25 , of the second image  29 . 
         [0078]    It should be understood that the first person or entity  11 , does not control the first transmission  15 , of the first content  19 , of the first activity  16 , from the first location  10 , and similarly, the second person or entity  21 , does not control the second transmission  25 , of the second content  29 , of the second activity  26 , from the second location  20 . However, the first person or entity  11 , passively observes the second content  29 , at the first location  10 , while the second person or entity  21 , passively observes the first content  19 , at the second location  20 . 
         [0079]    It is important to understand that once the owner or provider of a DMTV apparatus  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , sets up the DMTV apparatus  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , then from that point onwards, the first content  19 , from the first location  10 , and the second content  29 , from the second location  20 , are automatically, and continuously provided, without any active assertion of content control or transmission control by the participants of the first activity  16 , or the participants of the second activity  26 , or the first observer or person or entity  11 , or the second observer or person or entity  21 . DMTV&#39;s transmission feed would be automatic, continuous, and open-ended in duration. It would only be OFF when being repaired or serviced or readjusted. 
         [0080]    It is important to appreciate that there is no selection of activities  16 ,  26 , by cameras  14 ,  24 , and no acceptance or refusal of contents  29 ,  19 , at screens  12 ,  22 . As one can further appreciate, contents  29 ,  19 , have not been chosen or coordinated by any component of DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 . 
         [0081]    Moreover, Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), Video Conferencing or Video Chatting (VC), and Distance Mirror Television (DMTV), all differ from one another in that, for example, under CCTV the operator or observer is observing on a screen what a camera is capturing, but at the location of the camera no person sees what the operator or observer is seeing, and thus the operator or observer is the only actual viewer of the content. Under VC both ends of the transmission have a camera, and both ends have a screen, and both participants willingly engage in the transmission and subsequent communication, and thus both participants choose and coordinate a mutual content. Here it should be appreciated that in VC each participant actively watches or receives and assimilates the input from the other participant in order to create responses in the ongoing mutual communication. Whereas, with the DMTV invention  23 , neither the person  11 , at the first location  10 , nor the person  21 , at the second location  20 , chooses or creates or controls the content that is captured, transmitted, and viewed, at the other location. Here it should further be appreciated that with DMTV, neither participant actively receives and assimilates input from the other participant, and no ongoing mutual content is created or chosen. 
         [0082]    It may be appreciated once more that the DMTV invention  23 , is intended to mimic the Mirror, wherein an observer can observe an image but cannot communicate with the image. The DMTV invention  23 , takes this “mirror concept” to another level, where the first “mirror image”  19 , from a first location  10 , is electronically sent to a second location  20 , and the second “mirror image”  29 , from the second location  20 , is electronically sent to the first location  10 . Thus the first “mirror image”  19 , of the first location  10 , is not seen at the first location  10 , but is seen by an observer  21 , at a second location  20 , and similarly, the second “mirror image”  29 , of the second location  20 , is not seen at the second location  20 , but is seen by an observer  11 , at a first location  10 . 
         [0083]    It should be appreciated that the DMTV screen  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , is integral to the DMTV effect. The DMTV screen  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , would be available to anyone who enters its field of visibility. The DMTV screen  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , is a “sociable” artifact. One need only look at it to see in real time other people or content in other places, and be seen by them in return. These attributes are unlike the CCTV screen, which is one-way, and unlike the VC screen, which is a personal item that shows what its user chooses from an array of options and operations. 
         [0084]    It should be appreciated that DMTV  23 , is different from VC (Video Conference, Video Chat). It should be appreciated that with VC, transmission is achieved, maintained, and terminated, by coordinated activity of participants controlling and answering camera(s) and sound recording device(s) and display screen(s). In contrast, with DMTV  23 , there is no maintaining of the transmission  15 ,  50 ,  25 ;  17 ,  50 ,  27 , by any of the participants  11 ,  21 . Given that DMTV camera capture for initial transmission  15 ,  17 , is automatic and continuous and occurs in real time, it may be appreciated that individuals  11 ,  21 , and their activities  16 ,  26 , will be captured by the cameras  14 ,  24 , and transmitted  15 ,  17 , merely when said individuals  11 ,  21 , and said activities  16 ,  26 , are in the range of a DMTV camera  14 ,  24 , in real time. Given that DMTV content display  19 ,  29 , is automatic and continuous and occurs in real time it may be appreciated that any particular content display  19 ,  29 , of any activity  16 ,  26 , is seen by participants  11 ,  21 , who merely have a view of a DMTV screen  12 ,  22 , in real time. Thus with DMTV the activity  16 ,  26 , the activity of observing is a passive activity, occurring merely due to having a line of sight to a DMTV screen  16 ,  26 . 
         [0085]    It is important to appreciate that in DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , with its passive observation of random individuals and random activities, no observer/participant  11 ,  21 , uses the telephone number or IP (Internet Protocol) address or URL (Uniform Resource Locator) or any other electronic dial-in number of any another observer/participant  11 ,  21 , to initiate or establish the DMTV communication  15 ,  50 ,  25 ;  17 ,  50 ,  27 . 
         [0086]    The first location  10 , could have one or more people  11 , either participating in the first activity  16 , or observing the images of broadcast  29 , on first screen  12 , or both. Similarly, the second location  20 , could have one or more people  21 , either participating in the second activity  26 , or observing the images of broadcast  19 , on the second screen  22 , or both. It should be appreciated that the first activity  16 , or the second activity  26 , could be an active activity or a passive activity. 
         [0087]    The Distance Mirror Television invention  23 , could optionally have at least one second location sound transmitter  28 , to transmit background sounds from the second location  20 , in conjunction with the display of second content  29 . Similarly, the Distance Mirror Television invention  23 , could optionally have at least one first location sound transmitter  18 , to transmit background sounds from the first location  10 , in conjunction with the display of the first content  19 . Content  19 ,  29 , could be selected from a group comprising image, sound, video, or any combination thereof. 
         [0088]      FIG. 2 , illustrates a second embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television invention  43  or DMTV  43 . The Distance Mirror Television invention  43 , comprises at least one first DMTV screen  32 , having at least one first sound and/or image recording device  34 , such as a first camera  34 , at at least one first location  10 , and at least one second DMTV screen  42 , having at least one second sound and/or image recording device  44 , such as a second camera  44 , at at least one second location  20 . At first location  10 , there is a first activity  16 , which is observable and recordable by at least one first camera  34 , while at the second location  20 , there is a second activity  26 , which is observable and recordable by at least one second camera  44 . At least one first camera  34 , automatically and continuously records the first activity  16 , at first location  10 , in real time, as first content  39 , and then transmits the first content  39 , as first transmission  35 , to at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , or transmitter  50 . Similarly, at least one second camera  44 , automatically and continuously records the second activity  26 , at second location  20 , in real time, as second content  49 , and then transmits the second content  49 , as second transmission  45 , to the at least one receiving and transmission device  50 . The at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , after receiving the first content  39 , via first transmission  35 , automatically and continuously transmits it again as first re-transmission  37 , to the second location  20 . Similarly, the at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , after receiving the second content  49 , via second transmission  45 , transmits it again as second re-transmission  47 , to the first location  10 . The first location  10 , after receiving the second re-transmission  47 , of second content  49 , automatically and continuously displays the second content  49 , on the first screen  32 , in real time. Similarly, second location  20 , after receiving the first re-transmission  37 , of first content  39 , automatically and continuously displays the first content  39 , on the second screen  42 , in real time. Thus, as one can appreciate, the first activity  16 , at the first location  10 , is shown or displayed in real time at second location  20 , on second screen  42 , while, the second activity  26 , at second location  20 , is shown or displayed in real time at first location  10 , on first screen  32 . 
         [0089]    The Distance Mirror Television invention  43 , could optionally have at least one second location sound transmitter  48 , to transmit background sounds from the second location  20 , in conjunction with the display of second content  49 . Similarly, the Distance Mirror Television invention  43 , could optionally have at least one first location sound transmitter  38 , to transmit background sounds from the first location  10 , in conjunction with the display of the first content  39 . 
         [0090]    The DMTV display screens  32 , could be individual screens  32 , a series of screens  32 , a cluster of screens  32 , to name a few. Similarly, the DMTV display screens  42 , could be individual screens  42 , a series of screen  42 , a separated DMTV screen  42 , to name a few. 
         [0091]    It should be appreciated that the second content  49 , could be displayed on each of the individual screens  32 , or a portion of the second content  49 , could be displayed on each of the individual screens  32 , for example, if there are four screens  32 , that are clustered together to form one giant or combined screen  32 , then one quarter of second content  49 , could be displayed in each of the individual screens  32 , which of course will give the first observer  11 , a larger or magnified view of the content  49 , on the giant or combined screens  32 . Display of content on each screen could be preset or preprogrammed as desired by the owner or provider of DMTV. 
         [0092]    The camera  14 ,  24 ,  34 ,  44 , could be a stand-alone camera or could be attached to or integrated within the screen  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 . It is preferred that each camera  14 ,  24 ,  34 ,  44 , that is used to capture the image of the activity  16 ,  26 , is placed in such a way as not to be intrusive or make the participants or observers  11 ,  21 , self-conscious in its presence. The image(s) could be selected from a group comprising a still picture, a moving image, a video, to name a few. 
         [0093]      FIG. 3 , illustrates a third embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television invention  65  or DMTV  65 . The Distance Mirror Television invention  65 , is similar the Distance Mirror Television invention  23 ,  43 , as discussed with reference to  FIGS. 1 , and  2 . More specifically the Distance Mirror Television invention  65 , comprises at least one first DMTV screen  12 , having at least one first camera  14 , at at least one first location  10 , at least one second DMTV screen  22 , having at least one second camera  24 , at at least one second location  20 , at least one third DMTV screen  52 , having at least one third camera  54 , at at least one third location  50 , and at least one fourth DMTV screen  62 , having at least one fourth camera  64 , at at least one fourth location  60 . At the first location  10 , there is a first activity  16 , which is observable and recordable by at least one first sound and/or image recording device  14 , such as, the at least one first camera  14 . Similarly, at second location  20 , there is a second activity  26 , which is observable and recordable by at least one second sound and/or image recording device  24 , such as, the at least one second camera  24 . Similarly, at the third location  50 , there is a third activity  56 , which is observable and recordable by at least one third sound and/or image recording device  54 , such as, the at least one third camera  54 . Similarly, at fourth location  60 , there is a fourth activity  66 , which is observable and recordable by at least one fourth sound and/or image recording device  64 , such as, the at least one fourth camera  64 . Each of the cameras  14 ,  24 ,  54 ,  64 , records each of the activities  16 ,  26 ,  56 ,  66 , at each of the respective locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , as content  19 ,  29 ,  69 ,  59 , and then transmits the contents  19 ,  29 ,  69 ,  59 , as transmission  15 ,  25 , to at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , or transmitter  50 , as shown and discussed with reference to  FIG. 1 . The at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , after receiving the content  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 , via transmission  15 ,  25 , transmits it again as re-transmission  17 ,  27 , as shown and discussed with reference to  FIG. 1 . Each of the locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , after receiving the second re-transmission  17 ,  27 , of the content  29 ,  19 ,  69 ,  59 , displays the content  29 ,  19 ,  69 ,  59 , on the appropriate screen  12 ,  22 ,  52 ,  62 . Thus, as discussed with reference to  FIG. 1 , the first activity  16 , from the first location  10 , is shown or displayed in real time at the second location  20 , on the second screen  22 , as content  19 , while, the second activity  26 , from the second location  20 , is shown or displayed in real time at the first location  10 , on the first screen  12 , as content  29 . However, with this third embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television invention  65  or DMTV  65  invention, for example, the screen  12 , would successively show content  29 ,  59 ,  69 , etc. Similarly, the screen  22 , would successively show content  19 ,  59 ,  69 , etc., while the screen  52 , would successively show content  19 ,  29 ,  69 , etc., and the screen  62 , would successively show content  19 ,  29 ,  59 , etc. The successive content  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 , could be shown in a pattern or in a random manner. Similarly, the successive content  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 , could be shown for a fixed time at each display on the screen  12 ,  22 ,  52 ,  62 , or could be displayed for a variable or random time on the screen  12 ,  22 ,  52 ,  62 . For the purposes of illustration only four locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , having screens  12 ,  22 ,  52 ,  62 , have been shown in  FIG. 3 ; however, it should be understood that additional locations, screens, activities, cameras, etc., can be easily integrated with the Distance Mirror Television invention  65  or DMTV  65  invention. 
         [0094]    Optionally, the Distance Mirror Television invention  65  or DMTV  65  invention could also comprise at least one display item  13 , at location  10 , and/or at least one display item  33 , at location  20 , and/or at least one display item  53 , at location  50 , and/or at least one display item  63 , at location  60 . When this option is used in conjunction with the Distance Mirror Television invention  23 ,  43 ,  65  or DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 , then preferably the content  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 , that is displayed on screen  12 ,  22 ,  52 ,  62 , of the activity  16 ,  26 ,  56 ,  66 , could either be replaced by or be complemented with the display item  13 ,  33 ,  53 ,  63 , on the corresponding screens  12 ,  22 ,  52 ,  62 . This option would be preset or preprogrammed to operate in a specific manner. 
         [0095]    It should be appreciated that DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , does not accumulate information about its participants  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 . DMTV transmission  15 ,  50 ,  25 ;  17 ,  50 ,  27 , is automatic and continuous, and DMTV content images  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 , appear and are replaced in real time. There is no component of DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , to store, hold in memory, or analyze, information about DMTV participants  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 . In this respect, DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , is different from VC devices, and different from CCTV. 
         [0096]    It should be appreciated that DMTV content  29 ,  19 , is not coordinated to suit any particular observer  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 . In relation to this fact, it should be appreciated that DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , does not have algorithms or systems of settings to coordinate activities  16 ,  26 , and their broadcast transmissions  15 ,  50 ,  25 ;  17 ,  50 ,  27 , with the needs or wishes or tastes of particular observers  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 . 
         [0097]    The Distance Mirror Television invention  65 , could optionally have for one or more locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , at least one sound transmitter  18 ,  28 ,  58 ,  68 , to transmit background sounds from the originating location  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , in conjunction with the display of the corresponding content  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 . Content  19 ,  29 ,  59 ,  69 , could be selected from a group comprising image, sound, video, or any combination thereof. 
         [0098]      FIG. 4 , illustrates a fourth embodiment of the inventive Distance Mirror Television invention  75  or DMTV  75 . The Distance Mirror Television invention  75 , is similar to the Distance Mirror Television invention  23 ,  43 ,  65 , as discussed with reference to  FIGS. 1 ,  2 , and  3 ; however, one or more of the location(s) of the Distance Mirror Television invention  75  or DMTV  75 , may be on a device  70 ,  80 . For example, location  10 , may be on a device  70 , while location  20 , may be on a device  80 . At location  10 , the observer  11 , may also be on the device  70 , while at location  20 , the observer  21 , may be outside the device  80 . Thus at location  10 , the observer  11 , is contained inside the device  70 , and observes the content  29 , as the device  70 , moves, while at location  20 , the observer  21 , is outside the device  80 , and only observes the content  19 , as the device  80 , is within the viewing area of the observer  21 . The device  70 ,  80 , could be a stationary location or device  70 ,  80 , or could be a non-stationary location or device  70 ,  80 . The non-stationary location or device  70 , could be selected from a group comprising a moving platform, an airplane, a blimp, a helicopter, a rocket, a space vehicle, a space station, a train, a ship, a car, a bus, a boat, a vehicle, to name a few. The non-stationary location or device  80 , could be selected from a group comprising a moving platform, a train, a ship, a car, a bus, a boat, a vehicle, a moving billboard, a display device on tracks, a display device on wheels, to name a few. It should be appreciated that the various DMTV components are not preset or programmed or controlled by the operator of any moving location or moving device itself. 
         [0099]    Screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , could be individual screens or a cluster of screens or separately positioned screens. The screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , could be mounted at a human eye level or they could be mounted above a human eye level, such as, for example, on a pedestal, on the side of a wall, on the side of a building, on the side of a structure, hung from a ceiling, hung from a platform, to name a few. The screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , also could be built into the outside or inside of a building or other structure. It should be appreciated that the screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , have associated therewith at least one camera  14 ,  24 ,  34 ,  44 ,  54 ,  64 , and, if audio is to be used, at least one speaker or sound producing device  18 ,  28 ,  38 ,  48 ,  58 ,  68 . For some applications each of these devices, namely, camera  14 ,  24 ,  34 ,  44 ,  54 ,  64 , and/or speaker or sound producing device  18 ,  28 ,  38 ,  48 ,  58 ,  68 , could either be securely attached to the corresponding screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 , or be electronically or wirelessly connected to the corresponding screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 . 
         [0100]    The at least one receiving and transmission device  50 , could be selected from a group comprising a wireless receiving and transmitting device  50 , a wired receiving and transmitting device  50 , the Internet  50 , a communication satellite  50 , to name a few. 
         [0101]    As discussed earlier “Distance Mirror Television”  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , or DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , uses closed transmission in the format of the mirror. With the DMTV invention  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , the plane mirror, with its onlooker and reflection, is replaced by mutual observation between two or more individuals  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 , at different locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 . 
         [0102]    Plane-Mirror-like elements of DMTV  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , may include: no change in vantage point; no elaborated outputs, i.e., no zoom, no pan, etc.; [implied] frame; human recognition, to name a few. 
         [0103]    Distance Mirror Television could be used silently for particular effects having similarities to the experience of looking in a mirror. 
         [0104]    Distance Mirror Television (DMTV)  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , could provide a succession of content images  29 ,  19 ,  59 ,  69 , etc., each providing mutual observation between individuals  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 , at different locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 . 
         [0105]    Distance Mirror Television (DMTV)  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , could provide real-time live mutual observation to individual(s) at stationary or at non-stationary locations. 
         [0106]    It should be appreciated that there is no DMTV cooperation or DMTV coordination between the individuals  11 ,  21 ,  51 ,  61 , whether they are observing or being observed. 
         [0107]    Distance Mirror Television  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , could be used in public  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , semi-public  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , and private places  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 . 
         [0108]    At each location  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , it is recommended that the Distance Mirror Television (DMTV)  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , and all its components be properly protected from the environment and the elements, such as, for example, snow, rain, heat, high winds, sun glare, to name a few. Additionally, it is envisioned that the cost of manufacture, installation, operation, and maintenance of the DMTV system  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , should be reasonable and cost-effective. 
         [0109]    It should be appreciated that mutuality of observation in the distance mirror television (DMTV) format  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , could be provided in locations  10 ,  20 ,  50 ,  60 , selected from a group comprising houses, dwellings, hotels, clubs, stores, shopping locations, marketplaces, schools, workplaces, gathering places, meeting places, worldwide locations, publicly owned locations, privately owned locations, commercial locations, recreational locations, natural locations, man-made locations, and combinations thereof, to name a few. 
         [0110]    It should be appreciated that DMTV activities  16 ,  26 ,  56 ,  66 , could be selected from a group comprising a nature scene, an urban scene, a rural scene, a domestic scene, a commercial activity, a work activity, a recreational activity, a sports activity, a human observing activity, an animal observing activity, an art activity, and combinations thereof, to name a few. 
         [0111]    The DMTV invention could use a split-screen concept or a picture-in-picture concept with this invention  23 ,  43 ,  65 ,  75 , especially while showing display-item content  19 ,  29 ,  39 ,  49 ,  59 ,  69 , on screens  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 ,  52 ,  62 . This option would be preset or preprogrammed. 
         [0112]    The following examples are provided to further illustrate the invention and are not intended to be limiting thereof: 
       Example 1 
     Mutual Feeds at Iconic Locations 
       [0113]    On a building in Times Square  10 , a giant screen  12 , DMTV displays a feed  29 , coming from a ground level area  20 , at the base of the Eiffel Tower  20 . Reciprocally, a DMTV feed  19 , on a giant screen  22 , on the lower structure of the Eiffel Tower  20 , receives its transmission  17 , from the ground level viewing area in Times Square  10 . The crowd  11 ,  21 , in each location  10 ,  20 , is looking up and looking at a live broadcast  29 ,  19 , of the other crowd  11 ,  21 , in the other place  10 ,  20 . Each crowd  11 ,  21 , sees the other location  10 ,  20 , and the other crowd  11 ,  21 . For some applications, such as this one, the actual size of the DMTV image  19 ,  29 , preferably needs to be larger than life in order to be experienced properly from below, as both the screens  12 ,  22 , may be placed at a height. 
       Example 2 
     Alongside a Sidewalk 
       [0114]    Alongside a sidewalk in Chicago  10 , there is a block-long, one-story-high DMTV feed  29 , from Jaipur  20 , and similarly in Jaipur  20 , a feed  19 , from Chicago  10 : the Jaipuris  21 , and Chicagoans  11 , alongside one another life-size real-time, the two singular locales  10 ,  20 , being present in the other place  20 ,  10 , would approach the experience of being in two places at the same time. 
       Example 3 
     In Lobbies 
       [0115]    In the lobby of one hotel  10 , and the lobby of a hotel somewhere else  20 , large DMTV panels  12 ,  22 , would provide real-time mutual transmission  19 ,  29 , opening out each lobby into the other hotel. 
       Example 4 
     In Schools 
       [0116]    With DMTV  23 ,  43 , in the corridors of two schools  10 ,  20 , in two different places  10 ,  20 , children  11 ,  21 , could walk alongside each other, “mirrored,” “in” the other place and “with” the other children. 
       Example 5 
     In Private Homes 
       [0117]    In the entrance to my house  10 , and in my friend&#39;s entranceway  20 , we could have “mirrors” which are really DMTV screens  12 ,  22 , respectively. Each DMTV “mirror”  12 ,  22 , shows a continuous view of the other person&#39;s entranceway. Whenever both of us  11 ,  21 , are standing before our “mirror”  12 ,  22 , we see each other 21, 11. 
       Example 6 
     In Conflict Areas 
       [0118]    In two places  10 ,  20 , that are hostile towards each other, the continuous mutual mirrors of DMTV  12 ,  22 , are installed in normal settings such as street, market. 
         [0119]    The “mirror”-like effect of DMTV  23 ,  43 , comes in part from the ordinariness of the placement of DMTV panels  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 , (at a street, on a wall) and the ordinariness of passing in front of them. 
       Example 7 
     Within Homes 
       [0120]    Part of a wall in a room in one home  10 , and similarly in another home  20 , could be a DMTV panel  12 ,  22 ,  32 ,  42 . These homes  10 ,  20 , could be anywhere in the world. The feed  19 ,  29 , in private homes  10 ,  20 , could be turned on and off. 
       Example 8 
     Silent Use 
       [0121]    The particular method of use envisioned for various circumstances, including but not limited to Examples 1-7 above, is video without audio. Silent use is envisioned as a method to heighten the mutual distance-mirror effect by replicating the silence of mirrors and the silence of the experience of looking into mirrors. 
         [0122]    Designers and architects could incorporate Distance Mirror Television  23 ,  43 , in their work. No artist is needed for Distance Mirror Television to take place. But artists, designers, architects, could create incorporations of Distance Mirror Television, just as artists, designers, and architects have made incorporations of the mirror. 
       Example 9 
     Remote and Inhabited Locations 
       [0123]    Distance Mirror Television  23 ,  43 , could be used at a remote location  10 ,  20 , where few or no observers are present or where only non-human “observers” are present, or at an inhabited location  10 ,  20 . For example, the first location  10 , could be a remote location  10 , such as, a forest  10 , a mountain  10 , an Arctic region  10 , a pond  10 , a deep ocean location  10 , where natural activity  19 , is taking place, while the second location could be an exhibit hall  20 , or a lobby  20 , or a private home  20 , where individuals  21 , are present or are mingling  29 . Thus, the few or occasional observer(s)  11 , or non-human “observer(s)”  11 , at the remote location  10 , would be seeing the group  29 , of individuals  21 , at the exhibit hall  20 , lobby  20 , or private home  20 , to name a few examples, while the second observer(s)  21 , would be seeing the natural activity  19 , at the remote location  10 , and also seeing the few or occasional observer(s)  11 , or non-human “observer(s)”  11 , at the remote location. 
       Example 10 
     In Stores or Shopping Locations 
       [0124]    Customers  11 , at a first Name store  10 , in a first city  10 , or first country  10 , or first continent  10 , and customers  21 , at a second Name store  20 , in a second city  20 , or second country  20 , or second continent  20 , see each other as they shop. This use of Distance Mirror Television  23 ,  43 , creates high interest. 
       Example 11 
     Successive Mutual Observation 
       [0125]    In New York, a customer  11 , sees a pair of women&#39;s shoes  13 , showcased in a Name store  10 . Behind the pair of shoes  13 , is a DMTV panel  12 , providing successive broadcast content  29 ,  59 , from branches of the same Name store in Paris  20 , and Dubai  50 , where the same pair of shoes  33 ,  53 , is also showcased in front of a DMTV panel  22 ,  52 . DMTV images  29 ,  19 ,  69 , appear on screen  12 ,  22 ,  52 , at each store  10 ,  20 ,  50 , and remain for a while in succession. Thus, various women  11 ,  21 ,  51 , in New York  10 , Paris  20 , Dubai  50 , are looking at each other in real time, successively, contemplating buying that pair of shoes  13 ,  33 ,  53 . 
         [0126]    Incorporating virtual personal encounters into Shopping adds interest and stimulus, and also lends allure to the merchandise itself and to the shopping venue(s). Department stores, chain stores, luxury stores, duty-free stores, shopping malls, all have Creative Directors who could innovate incorporations of DMTV. 
       Example 12 
     For a Worldwide Product 
       [0127]    A worldwide beverage is sold at a location in New York City, and at a location in a city in Azerbaijan. Those two locations are paired up, and each offers a video screen—which need be no larger than a medium-size TV monitor—that is a continuous mutual mirror with another mutual mirror at the other location. Patrons can always take a look at activity in the faraway site, while knowing that they see one another as long as they are within the scope of the mirror (actually, of the camera). A thousand of these DMTV matchups into pairs of locations all over the world could exist under the auspices of a worldwide product. 
       Example 13 
     Moving Locations 
       [0128]    A vehicle  70 ,  80 , equipped with screen  12 , camera  14 , and optionally, sound recording device  14 , and sound transmitting device  28 , moves slowly through a remote inhabited region  10 . At another DMTV location  20 , a group of individuals  21 , constitute an audience  21 . Observers  11 , along the route of the vehicle  70 ,  80 , and observers  21 , at the “audience” constitute a mutual DMTV circuit. 
         [0129]    A vehicle  70 ,  80 , equipped with screen  12 , and camera  14 , moves slowly through a supermarket  10 , in Toronto, Canada. Another vehicle  70 ,  80 , equipped with screen  22 , and camera  24 , moves slowly through a marketplace  20 , in Cuzco, Peru. People  11 ,  21 , in each location  10 ,  20 , mutually observe each other and each others&#39; surroundings. 
       Example 14 
     Observation of Activity 
       [0130]    At a DMTV location  10 , a factory, a showroom, a laboratory, to name a few, an activity  16 , is taking place. At another DMTV location  20 , a group of people constitute an audience  21 . Participants  11 , in the activity  16 , and members of the “audience”  21 , form a DMTV circuit. It should be understood that this is passive observation, and that there is no cooperation or coordination between individuals, whether they are observing or being observed from one location  10 , to the other location  20 . 
         [0131]    The above Examples are for illustration purposes only, and the numerals used in the Figures and the corresponding text are illustrative only. However, it should be understood that any combination of inventive ideas disclosed in  FIGS. 1-4 , can be used in conjunction with any of the above Examples. Similarly, one or more of the above Examples can be combined to further illustrate the invention. 
         [0132]    While the present invention has been particularly described in conjunction with a specific preferred embodiment, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art in light of the foregoing descriptions. It is therefore contemplated that the appended claims will embrace any such alternatives, modifications and variations as falling within the true scope and spirit of the present invention.