Multimedia program editing system and method

Claim 1

A method for editing a multimedia program, comprising the steps: presenting individual ones of a plurality of presented images with each of the presented images being associated with a particular identifier code; storing within a memory a plurality of high-resolution images corresponding to respective ones of said plurality of presented images and the particular identifier code associated therewith; monitoring a video signal to detect a signal corresponding to a pattern representing one of said particular identifier codes; retrieving from said memory, in response to detection of a signal corresponding to a pattern representing a particular identifier code, one or more high-resolution images associated with said particular identifier code; interposing the one or more high-resolution images associated with said particular identifier code into the multimedia program; and recording the multimedia program with the one or more interposed high-resolution images while excluding the one or more corresponding presented images in the recorded multimedia program.

Claim 2

A method for editing a multimedia program, comprising the steps: presenting individual ones of a plurality of presented images with each of the presented images being associated with a particular identifier code; storing within a memory a plurality of high-resolution images corresponding to respective ones of said plurality of presented images and the particular identifier code associated therewith; monitoring a video signal to detect a signal corresponding to a pattern representing one of said particular identifier codes; retrieving from said memory, in response to detection of a signal corresponding to a pattern representing a particular identifier code, one or more high-resolution images associated with said particular identifier code; interposing the one or more high-resolution images associated with said particular identifier code into the multimedia program; and recording the multimedia program with the one or more interposed high-resolution images while excluding the one or more corresponding presented images in the recorded multimedia program.

Claim 7

A system for editing a multimedia program, comprising: a plurality of presented images, each presented image being associated with a particular identifier code; an image memory containing a plurality of high-resolution images, each of said high-resolution images corresponding to each of the presented images and being associated with respective ones of the particular identifier codes of the presented images; an image processor adapted to detect at least one of said particular identifier codes of the presented images; a processor adapted to retrieve from said image memory, in response to the detection by said image processor of said particular identifier code, one or more high-resolution images associated with a corresponding one of said particular identifier codes represented by said detected particular identifier code and to interpose one or more high-resolution images into the multimedia program; and a recorder for recording the multimedia program with one or more high-resolution images interposed therein in lieu of one or more corresponding presented images.

Claim 8

A system for editing a multimedia program, comprising: a plurality of presented images, each presented image being associated with a particular identifier code; an image memory containing a plurality of high-resolution images, each of said high-resolution images corresponding to each of the presented images and being associated with respective ones of the particular identifier codes of the presented images; an image processor adapted to detect at least one of said particular identifier codes of the presented images; a processor adapted to retrieve from said image memory, in response to the detection by said image processor of said particular identifier code, one or more high-resolution images associated with a corresponding one of said particular identifier codes represented by said detected particular identifier code and to interpose one or more high-resolution images into the multimedia program; and a recorder for recording the multimedia program with one or more high-resolution images interposed therein in lieu of one or more corresponding presented images.

Claim 12

A system for editing a multimedia program, comprising: a video camera adapted to produce signals indicative of captured image, including particular images representing particular identifier codes; an image memory containing a plurality of high-resolution images, each of said high-resolution images being associated with a particular identifier code; an image processor adapted to receive said indicative signals from said video camera and detect signals indicative of the particular image associated with one of said particular identifier codes; a processor adapted to retrieve from said image memory, in response to the detection by said image processor of signals indicative of the particular image having a pattern representing a particular code, one or more high-resolution images associated with said particular identifier code represented by said detected image; and a recorder for recording the multimedia program with one or more high-resolution images interposed in the recorded multimedia program.

Claim 13

A system for editing a multimedia program, comprising: a video camera adapted to produce signals indicative of captured image, including particular images representing particular identifier codes; an image memory containing a plurality of high-resolution images, each of said high-resolution images being associated with a particular identifier code; an image processor adapted to receive said indicative signals from said video camera and detect signals indicative of the particular image associated with one of said particular identifier codes; a processor adapted to retrieve from said image memory, in response to the detection by said image processor of signals indicative of the particular image having a pattern representing a particular code, one or more high-resolution images associated with said particular identifier code represented by said detected image; and a recorder for recording the multimedia program with one or more high-resolution images interposed in the recorded multimedia program.

Claim 18

A method of editing an audiovisual transmission, comprising the steps of: presenting a plurality of presented images including at least one coded presented image and a plurality of non-coded presented images, the at least one coded presented image being associated with a particular identifier code; storing at least one high-resolution image in a computer memory; associating the at least one high-resolution image with the particular identifier code; monitoring the presentation of the plurality of presented images to detect a signal corresponding to the particular identifier code; retrieving from the computer memory, when detecting the signal corresponding to the particular identifier code, the at least one high-resolution image associated with the particular identifier code; interposing the at least one high-resolution image into the audiovisual transmission when the signal corresponding to the particular identifier code is detected while simultaneously excluding the coded presented image from the audiovisual transmission; and broadcasting the audiovisual transmission comprising the plurality of non-coded presented images and the at least one high-resolution image.

Claim 19

A method of editing an audiovisual transmission, comprising the steps of: presenting a plurality of presented images including at least one coded presented image and a plurality of non-coded presented images, the at least one coded presented image being associated with a particular identifier code; storing at least one high-resolution image in a computer memory; associating the at least one high-resolution image with the particular identifier code; monitoring the presentation of the plurality of presented images to detect a signal corresponding to the particular identifier code; retrieving from the computer memory, when detecting the signal corresponding to the particular identifier code, the at least one high-resolution image associated with the particular identifier code; interposing the at least one high-resolution image into the audiovisual transmission when the signal corresponding to the particular identifier code is detected while simultaneously excluding the coded presented image from the audiovisual transmission; and broadcasting the audiovisual transmission comprising the plurality of non-coded presented images and the at least one high-resolution image.