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Stored-media interface engine providing an abstract record of stored multimedia files within a multimedia communication center

  • US 6,874,119 B2
  • Filed: 10/29/1998
  • Issued: 03/29/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/11/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An Interaction Object Model (IOM) Interface to a data repository, comprising:

  • objects representing files in the data repository;

    standardized information about each file, the information associated in the IOM with each object; and

    an updating interface communicating with the data repository, keeping the objects conformal with the files in the data repository; and

    an interaction interface to automated system function modules;

    wherein the automated system function modules require data associated with the files in the data repository, and are enabled to retrieve required data from the IOM, via the interaction interface, without accessing the data files in the data repository directly, the IOM enabling the automated system function modules to retrieve data more quickly and efficiently than if the automated system function modules accessed the data repository directly.

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