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Application interface to a media server and a method of implementing the same

  • US 6,516,356 B1
  • Filed: 09/30/1997
  • Issued: 02/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A common application program interface (API) which converts high-level generic commands received from a computer application into device-level commands which are output to a plurality of media servers which store media objects, said common API comprising a plurality of individual APIs which each perform a specific function,wherein each of said media servers has an operating protocol which responds to said device-level commands, and wherein said plurality of individual APIs comprise first and second groups of individual APIs, the first group of individual APIs corresponding to a first group of member functions associated with a class defining objects which represent media servers, the second group of individual APIs corresponding to a second group of member functions associated with a class defining objects which represent a logical description of a physical format of media objects.

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