Storing and accessing media files
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1. A multimedia storage server comprising:
- a network interface to simultaneously provide a first client device and a second client device with audio-video network connections for editing on the multimedia storage server at least one of a plurality of components of a multimedia document that includes video and that is stored on the multimedia storage server, wherein structural relationships among the plurality of components form a basis for at least spatial layout and order of presentation of the multimedia document, and wherein editing includes inserting respective first and second sets of annotations in the multimedia document and to simultaneously provide a third client device with access to the video portion of the edited multimedia document and to at least the first and second sets of annotations; and
a storage interface to interface with storage facilities, the storage facilities to store video received from the first client device and the second client device respectively as first and second multimedia documents,wherein the multimedia storage server is configured to;
receive from at least two of the first, second, and third client devices, requests for access to the edited multimedia document, wherein the request is communicated using IP protocol,provide simultaneous access to the edited multimedia document including at least the first and second sets of annotations to the client devices requesting access, andprovide simultaneous access to the edited multimedia document to the client devices requesting access by enabling transfer of at least the video portion of the edited multimedia document to the client devices requesting access, and wherein the client devices requesting access to the edited multimedia document include respective decompression modules to decompress the transferred edited multimedia document for playback.
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Abstract
An audio-video storage device includes a storage interface to interface with a storage medium that store a media file including video. The storage device includes a network interface to interface with a local network. The storage device performs replication of the stored media file. The storage device provides access to the media file to a first client device and a second client device over the local network and the wide area network respectively.
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1. A multimedia storage server comprising:
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a network interface to simultaneously provide a first client device and a second client device with audio-video network connections for editing on the multimedia storage server at least one of a plurality of components of a multimedia document that includes video and that is stored on the multimedia storage server, wherein structural relationships among the plurality of components form a basis for at least spatial layout and order of presentation of the multimedia document, and wherein editing includes inserting respective first and second sets of annotations in the multimedia document and to simultaneously provide a third client device with access to the video portion of the edited multimedia document and to at least the first and second sets of annotations; and a storage interface to interface with storage facilities, the storage facilities to store video received from the first client device and the second client device respectively as first and second multimedia documents, wherein the multimedia storage server is configured to; receive from at least two of the first, second, and third client devices, requests for access to the edited multimedia document, wherein the request is communicated using IP protocol, provide simultaneous access to the edited multimedia document including at least the first and second sets of annotations to the client devices requesting access, and provide simultaneous access to the edited multimedia document to the client devices requesting access by enabling transfer of at least the video portion of the edited multimedia document to the client devices requesting access, and wherein the client devices requesting access to the edited multimedia document include respective decompression modules to decompress the transferred edited multimedia document for playback. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of providing access to multimedia documents, comprising:
at a multimedia storage server, storing video as a multimedia document; defining structural relationships among individual components of the multimedia document; receiving a first request for audio-video network connections from a first client device for editing at the multimedia storage server at least one of the components of the multimedia document, wherein the structural relationships among the components form a basis for at least spatial layout and order of presentation of the multimedia document, and wherein editing includes inserting a first set of annotations in the multimedia document; receiving a second request for audio-video network connections from a second client device for editing at the multimedia storage server at least one of the components of the multimedia document, wherein the structural relationships among the components form a basis for at least spatial layout and order of presentation of the multimedia document, and wherein editing includes inserting a second set of annotations in the multimedia document; receiving a third request for audio-video network connections from a third client device for playback of video associated with the edited multimedia document stored on the multimedia storage server, wherein the third request is communicated using IP protocol over a local network; receiving a fourth request for audio-video network connections from a fourth client device for playback of video associated with the edited multimedia document stored on the multimedia storage server, wherein the fourth request is communicated using IP protocol over a wide area network; providing simultaneous access to content of the edited multimedia document to the third client device and the fourth client device over the local network and the wide area network respectively by enabling transfer of at least video of the edited multimedia document to the third and fourth client devices for decompressing at the third and fourth client devices respectively; and simultaneous to providing access to the video of the edited multimedia document to the third client device and the fourth client device, providing access to the third client device and the fourth client device to at least the first and second sets of annotations. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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