Patent ID: 7756110

Claim:
A method for controlling media stream processing, the method comprising: (a) transmitting an original media stream, via a first packet-based network, to an operator; (b) during the transmission of the original media stream to the operator in step (a), receiving from the operator, via a second packet-based network, a control signal for processing the original media stream; (c) during the transmission of the original media stream to the operator in step (a), processing the original media stream based on the control signal; and (d) during the transmission of the original media stream to the operator in step (a), transmitting the processed media stream, via a broadcast transmitter, to one or more users other than the operator, wherein: the provision of the processed media stream to the one or more users in step (d) occurs in substantially real time relative to the transmission of the original media stream to the operator; and the one or more users receive only the processed media stream and not the original media stream transmitted to the operator in step (a).