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Description

remote video system for recording, editing, digitizing, and transmitting complete audio/visual information via a remote system to a base unit utilizing cellular telephone signals and other communication signals; comprising a remote portable unit, namely a specially embedded portable computer unit containing a keyboard, monitor, and at least one cellular transceiver/modem which accepts audio/visual information from any video source such as a video camera, video cassette recorder player, or laser disc player and processes, selects and sends a portion or all of the audio/visual information via communication signals to a host receiving unit, namely a specialized computer capable of receiving the transferred information from the remote portable unit and containing a keyboard, monitor, and configured with one or more transceiver/modem(s) capable of receiving, decompressing, reassembling, and downloading the transferred data to a playback unit, namely an adapted computer work station capable of editing, selecting, playback, automated archiving, or storage on digital format and allowing the audio/visual information to be transmitted for immediate television broadcast over conventional television frequencies or for further storage on conventional magnetic videotape; computer hardware and computer software for use in operation of a remote video system