Patent ID: 6941515

Claim:
A computer readable storage medium containing a program element for execution by a computing apparatus to implement a user interface for allowing a user to control a graphics engine, the graphics engine being suitable for creating a graphics scene in a television broadcast system, said program element comprising: a) an input for receiving at least one template data element for representing a television broadcast frame, the template data element including a graphics component and a data field component suitable for receiving an information unit; b) a processing unit coupled to said input, said processing unit being operative for: i) processing the template data element and an information unit source to enter in the data field component a selected information unit to form a representation of the graphics scene that results from a combination of the template data element and the selected information unit; ii) generating a set of commands based on the representation of the graphics scene, the set of commands being executable by the graphics engine to create an on-air television broadcast frame; and c) an output coupled to said processing unit for releasing a signal representative of said set of commands.