Appeal 2007-0595
Application 09/822,855
1 03. Trumbull shows
2 The Content Development and Mapping system 94 inserts content
3 signals into a template for each show. The operator 12 uses the
4 Content Development and Mapping system 94 to "program" shows.
5 For example, a weekly show may utilizes a single template, but
6 different content is inserted into that template for each show. New
7 content may be, for example, signals indicative of new video clips
8 taken from the week's news, new questions and answers for a game
9 show or new celebrities to be interviewed on a talk show.
10 The Content Development and Mapping system 94 comprises
11 software running on a computing platform, typically on the Activity
12 Server 18. The software of the Content Development and Mapping
13 system 94 defines informational items, known as content, to be
14 inserted into a template. The software accepts subsequent signal
15 entries which are indicative of new content. Signals indicative of each
16 informational item are stored and accessible in a conventional manner
17 through database retrieval tools.
18 Though the Editing system 82 is used for creating a show, it also
19 exerts control over components of the entertainment system 22 which
20 are active during a show performance. For example, during the final
21 stages of show creation, the Editing system 82 controls the Giant
22 Display Assembly 40, Audio Assembly 42, and Lighting Assembly 44
23 to aid the operators in evaluating the show and assuring that the show
24 will perform as intended.
25 (Trumbull, col. 13, ll. 50-67 and col. 14, ll. 1-8).
26 04. Trumbull’s Content Development and Mapping system is therefore
27 software that converts a show rundown (content) into performance
28 (broadcast) instructions.
29 05. Software under execution is a process that is performed step by step.
30 Further, Trumbull’s template is the mechanism by which step-by-step
31 show content is programmed.
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