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System for automated generation of media programs from a database of media elements

CA 2285284 C · Owner: Medic Interactive, Inc. · Inventors: Marcus, Dwight

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A system and method for creating audiovisual programming has media elements such as audiovisual clips, stored in a library. A database contains selected information about each of the media elements. The stored information in the database does not dictate the temporal sequence of the media elements. Media elements are selected in response to a request for media programming and , arranged in a temporal organization. A user does not select the individual media elements or their temporal organization. Transitions between audiovisual clips are determined by the system based on information stored in the database and predetermined preferences as to types of transitions. Transition …

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  • Filed April 1, 1998 and granted September 25, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended April 1, 2018.
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FiledApril 1, 1998
GrantedSeptember 25, 2012
Term endedApril 1, 2018
Patent numberCA 2285284 C
Classification (IPC)H04N5/26 +2 more

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