Patent ID: 8732221

Claim:
A method of creating a multimedia work, wherein is provided a computer screen displaying a plurality of tracks thereon, comprising the steps of: (a) receiving from a user a selection of one of said plurality of tracks displayed on said computer screen; (b) receiving from the user a selection of a plurality of screening criteria for said selected track, each of said plurality of screening criteria pertaining to a performance characteristic of an audio clip or a video clip; (c) performing steps (a) and (b) for at least two different tracks, thereby obtaining a plurality of track screening criteria corresponding to each of said at least two tracks; (d) automatically selecting one of said at least two tracks; (e) accessing a database containing a plurality of clips therein, wherein each of said plurality of clips is about 20 seconds or less in length; (f) automatically selecting a plurality of clips from said database according to said track screening criteria associated with said selected track; (g) hovering an on-screen pointer above said selected track; (h) while said on-screen pointer is hovered above said selected track, automatically inserting said selected plurality of clips into said selected track without further user intervention; (i) performing steps (d) through (h) until each of said at least two different tracks has been filled, thereby creating said multimedia work; and, (j) simultaneously performing said at least two tracks for at least one user, thereby performing said multimedia work.