Patent ID: 7184560

Claim:
An intelligent control platform comprising: a plurality of audio and video input ports configured to define particular ones of a multiplicity of program sources; a plurality of audio and video output ports; a control processor; a plurality of selectable operational mode selection controls; an adaptively configurable switching matrices, a dub buss, a digitize/edit buss and a monitor buss, and means for coupling a default signal path, the default signal path configurable to direct program signals in a first operational mode, and to direct signals such that they bypass a mixer in a second operational mode, wherein the switching matrices defines particular ones of a multiplicity of operational signal interconnects in operative response to selection of a corresponding one of the selectable operational modes, the intelligent control platform routs, switches and mixes audio signals and video signals, and routing of audio and video signals and routing of audio and video input and output ports is automatic upon operational mode selection, and the intelligent platform operates to simultaneously dub a first program source, digitize or edit a second program source, and monitor a third program sources, and the operational modes are selected from the group consisting of digitize, layback, edit and dub modes.