Patent ID: 8151315

Claim:
A hybrid audio and video system for providing video and/or audio to a display at a remote location in response to control signals received from a user at the remote location, comprising: a first feed including a first video signal conveying appropriate visual imagery of a subject for the purpose of creating an aesthetically pleasing and relaxing experience by a user; a second feed including a second audio signal conveying sound supplemental to the conveyed visual imagery of the first feed; a control device located at the remote location, the control signals from the user received by the control device, a control node in communication with the control device and located at a central location at which the first and second feeds are received and mixed, the control node having inputs comprising the first and second feeds and the control signals, and having an output signal comprising a user feed that includes the mixed first and second feeds, the output signal from the control node received by the control device; and a display located at the remote location and coupled to the control device, the visual imagery of the subject and the sound conveyed by the user feed reproduced by the display, the aesthetically pleasing and relaxing experience of the user a result of the user's exposure to the display during its reproduction of the visual imagery and sound contained in the user feed.