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Method for coordinating production of an animated feature using a logistics system

  • US 5,764,980 A
  • Filed: 03/30/1995
  • Issued: 06/09/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of developing a production, the production organized into one or more scenes, each of the scenes comprising one or more images, said method comprising the steps of:

  • storing one or more image files representative of the images of the one or more scenes into one or more temporary storage devices, each of the temporary storage devices directly coupled to one or more workstations;

    providing a unique scene database for each of the one or more scenes, the scene database being stored in a database memory device of a logistics system, the scene database comprising one or more scene database files comprising data identifying the image files representative of the images of the scene to which the scene database corresponds;

    accessing one or more of the scene databases, said step of accessing further comprising the steps of;

    sending a first request for one of the one or more scene databases to be accessed from a requesting one of the workstations to the logistics system over a first network;

    returning one or more of the scene database files of the requested scene database from the logistics system to the requesting workstation over the first network; and

    acquiring one or more of the image files identified by the returned scene database files of the accessed scene database at the requesting workstation;

    enhancing none, one or more of the acquired one or more image files and none, one or more of the returned scene database files using the requesting workstation;

    releasing the accessed one or more scene databases; and

    repeating said storing, providing, acquiring, accessing, enhancing and releasing steps until development of the production is complete.

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