Appeal 2007-0595
Application 09/822,855
1 The Appellants invented a way to provide full news integration and automation
2 to a video production system, which automatically converts a show rundown into a
3 set of computer readable broadcast instructions and automates the execution of a
4 live or live-to-tape video show (Specification 6). An understanding of the
5 invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced
6 below:
7 1. A method for producing a show live in real time for at least one
8 of transmission and recording in a production environment having at
9 least one processing unit in communications with a plurality of
10 production devices, comprising the steps of:
11 (a) receiving a show rundown manually assembled by a producer
12 to comprise a plurality of story files; and
13 (b) converting said show rundown into broadcast instructions that,
14 when executed in a step-by-step manner responsive to a manual
15 trigger from the producer in an event-driven manner, enable the
16 transmitting of commands to control the plurality of production
17 devices to thereby produce the show live in real time for at least one
18 of transmission and recording, wherein said transmitting includes
19 transmitting commands to at least a camera, and a robotic pan/tilt
20 head.
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22 This appeal arises from the Examiner’s Final Rejection, mailed January 11,
23 2006. The Appellants filed an Appeal Brief in support of the appeal on February
24 17, 2006, and the Examiner mailed an Examiner’s Answer to the Appeal Brief on
25 May 22, 2006. A Reply Brief was filed on July 14, 2006.
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