Patent ID: 8078750

Claim:
A streaming media encoder for encoding and delivering media content comprising: a media input interface for receiving a live, real time media stream from a video source; a media encoder operable to encode the live, real time media stream from the media input interface, thereby producing a real time encoded media stream, the media encoder including; a host encoder, the host encoder receiving the digitized real time media stream and encoding the digitized real time media stream into a selected format and outputting a formatted real time media stream for streaming; a confidence monitor, the confidence monitor operable to display (1) a first video image from the live, unencoded real time media stream from the video source and (2) a second video image from the encoded media stream simultaneously with a split screen view of the first and second images; a network interface for providing the encoded media stream to a network; a textual display, the textual display providing status information for the streaming media encoder; a system status monitor providing a series of navigational menus for display on the textual display; and a plurality of command controls for selecting menu options to access system status information for the streaming media encoder.