Patent ID: 6937295

Claim:
A system for realistically replicating a live performance conducted at a first geographical location to a second geographical location, wherein the live performance is conducted on a first stage located at the first geographical location, and the second geographical location includes a second stage, wherein the second stage is configured to resemble the first stage and the second stage used for replaying the live performance, the system comprising: a high definition camera at the first geographical location, wherein the high definition camera is positioned at a fixed location relative to the first stage to receive a continuous visual stream of the live performance; one or more contact mikes embedded in the first stage and placed to receive a stream of ambient noise from the live performance in real-time; one or more stage mikes located on or about the first stage and placed to receive a multi-channel high definition audio signal from the live performance; a first plurality of lights on a first lighting truss located on the first stage, the one or more lights directed at the live performance; a lighting control board located at the first stage, wherein the lighting control board is in communication with the first plurality of lights via a lighting protocol, such that the lighting control board controls the first plurality of lights via the lighting protocol; one or more broadband data links coupling the first geographical location to the second geographical location; a high definition screen located behind the second stage, the high definition screen coupled to the one or more broadband data links, such that the high definition screen receives the continuous visual stream via the one or more broadband data links and replays the continuous visual stream; a second lighting truss on the second stage, the second lighting truss in communication with the lighting control board via the one or more broadband data links, wherein a second plurality of lights on the second lighting truss is controlled by the lighting control board via the lighting protocol received from the lighting control board via the one or more broadband data links; a plurality of speakers located at the second stage and in communication with the one or more broadband data links, wherein the plurality of speakers receives and replays the multichannel high definition audio signal and the stream of ambient noise via the broadband data links.