Patent ID: 7774706

Claim:
A method for mixing audio and visual streams, the method comprising: providing a visual display interface having an icon associated therewith; providing a plurality of display areas on the visual display interface; displaying information about a plurality of media streams in the plurality of display areas; dragging the icon across the visual display interface in a movement; and mixing the plurality of media streams according to a position of the icon, wherein the position of the icon indicates an amount of each media stream of the plurality of media streams in the mix, wherein the mixing step comprises: mixing a first audio stream and a second audio stream, and mixing a first visual stream and a second visual stream, wherein the dragging step comprises dragging the icon in both a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, wherein dragging the icon in the vertical direction causes the first audio stream and the second audio stream mix to be adjusted, and wherein dragging the icon in a generally horizontal direction causes the first visual stream and the second visual stream mix to be adjusted.