Multimedia file format
First Claim
1. A computer-readable medium encoded with a time-based media file comprising a factory object which uniquely identifies the instantiation of an object of a particular type wherein said factory object is one of the following:
- an object that represents a scene, wherein the scene object comprises a reference to media used by the scene object;
an object that represents a behavior;
oran object that represents a filter.
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Abstract
An automatically readable medium encoded with a time-based media file which comprises a factory object which uniquely identifies the instantiation of an object of a particular type. The factory object can be one of the following: a scene object; a behavior object; or a filter object. The scene object can include at least one of the following: global setting for the scene; or the last settings used to render to a resulting time-based media file. The scene object can ultimately contain a reference to media used by the object. A scene object can include a reference to another scene object.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer-readable medium encoded with a time-based media file comprising a factory object which uniquely identifies the instantiation of an object of a particular type wherein said factory object is one of the following:
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an object that represents a scene, wherein the scene object comprises a reference to media used by the scene object; an object that represents a behavior;
oran object that represents a filter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer-readable data structure, encoded on a computer-readable medium, for representing a multimedia file comprising factory objects which uniquely identify the instantiation of an object of a particular type, the structure comprising:
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factory descriptions for describing factory objects; an object that represents a scene, wherein the scene object comprises a reference to media used by the scene object; and settings for user interface parameters specifying how the scene object is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for processing a multimedia data file, the method comprising:
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reading a multimedia data file organized according to a data structure comprising; factory descriptions for describing factory objects; an object that represents a scene, wherein the scene object comprises a reference to media used by the scene object; and settings for user interface parameters specifying how the scene object is displayed; parsing the data file according to the data structure; and displaying the data file.
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26. A computer program product comprising:
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a computer-readable medium having computer program code embodied therein for processing a multimedia data file, the computer program code adapted to; read a multimedia data file organized according to a data structure comprising factory descriptions for describing factory objects; an object that represents a scene, wherein the scene object comprises a reference to media used by the scene object; and settings for user interface parameters specifying how the scene object is displayed; parse the data file according to the data structure; and display the data file.
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