Patent ID: 8462108

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of defining and presenting a presentation including a plurality of scenes and a presenter appearing in the scenes, comprising: (a) defining a first scene including a geographic background; (b) receiving geographic location information and remote video and/or data information from a remote site; (c) defining within the first scene a launch area at a location within the geographic background corresponding to the geographic location information; (d) associating a destination scene with the defined launch area; (e) obtaining a video image of the presenter; (f) combining the video image of the presenter with the first scene such that the presenter appears in the first scene; (g) tracking a location of a pointing element controlled by the presenter in the first scene; and (h) displaying the destination scene in place of the first scene when the presenter provides a scene change signal with the pointing element located at the defined launch area in the first scene, wherein the destination scene displayed is a background scene generated based on remote video and/or data information received from the remote site.