Patent ID: 7571244

Claim:
A computer system for viewing and switching of audio-video data, comprising: a plurality of audio and video sources containing information referring to an event; a streaming server, streaming the contents of a first audio file and a first video file from the audio and video sources to a plurality of users over a network, the first audio file being interleaved with the first video file, the streaming server establishing separate sessions with the plurality of users by sending each user a separate stream; a feed distributor, connected between the audio and video sources and the streaming server, the feed distributor controllably feeding the first audio file and first video file to the streaming server; and a user-operated control unit communicating with the feed distributor and controlling operation of the feed distributor, so as to instruct the feed distributor to switch between video files whereby, upon switching, the feed distributor feeds to the streaming server a second video file which is different from the first video file without altering the first audio file, the second video file being interleaved with the first audio file.