The Boeing Company

Robyn M Akers

Joseph S Ng

Lester A Chew

An apparatus and method for combining multiple simultaneous sources to multiple exhibitor receivers in a secure manner is disclosed. An exemplary system includes a plurality of live event sites each producing and transmitting a live video source. A live event director system is used for receiving and combining each transmitted live video source in an overall transmission and transmitting the overall transmission for exhibition. A network operation center coordinates encryption of the overall transmission at the live event director system and decryption of the overall transmission by at least one authorized exhibitor site. In further embodiments, the live event sites selectively transmit high bandwidth signals to reduce bandwidth usage.

Combining multiple simultaneous source cinema to multiple exhibitor receivers

One or more embodiments of the invention provide a method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture for monitoring an exhibition system in a digital cinema system. Exhibition information of an exhibitor system in a digital cinema system is obtained. Such exhibition information is automatically generated during a monitoring of projection system equipment. The exhibition information is then summarized. Contractual data (consisting of contractual requirements for the exhibitor system) are also obtained. Comparison information is then produced by comparing the contractual data with the summary.

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Torrance, CA, United States of America

Robyn M Akers