Patent ID: 8607288

Claim:
A method of providing at least one, one-way video transmission and corresponding interactive audio communications to remote recipient(s) accessing a network, the method comprising the steps of: a) creating at a video source location a source digital video signal corresponding to a viewed scene; b) broadcast transmitting the source digital video signal at substantially the same time the source digital video signal is created, wherein the source digital video signal is transmitted through at least one, one-way transmission channel for carrying a signal with only video content to at least one remote recipient via an Internet or any network connection, wherein at least one remote recipient accesses the video content using a graphical user interface to play the video content; c) transmitting, in a channel separate from the transmission channel for video content, a source digital audio signal created at a audio source location and corresponding to the source digital video signal to a remote hosting site over an a network connection via a VoIP protocol, wherein the source digital audio signal is transmitted on a channel separate from the at least one, one-way transmission channel, wherein at least one, one-way video transmission channel carrying the source digital video signal is not handled by the same remote hosting site, and wherein at least one remote recipient accesses the remote audio hosting site using a second channel embedded within a graphical user interface to access the source digital audio signal without the source digital video signal, wherein the first and second graphical user interfaces are concurrently accessible by at least one remote recipient over an Internet or any network connection; and d) transmitting a recipient audio signal created at a recipient location and responsive to the source audio signal or the source video signal, wherein the recipient source audio signal is transmitted from the recipient location to the remote hosting site via a network connection, wherein the remote hosting site allows for the necessary speed and bandwidth required for interactive communications over the designated respective channels.