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Hosted application platform with extensible media format

  • US 8,640,097 B2
  • Filed: 03/16/2009
  • Issued: 01/28/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for handling extensible media formats in a hosted application platform, the method comprising:

  • receiving a hosted application for execution by the hosted application platform, wherein the hosted application interacts with the hosted application platform to playback media, wherein the hosted application platform limits access of the hosted application to a computer system to increase security;

    invoking the received hosted application;

    requesting media from the hosted application, wherein requesting media from the hosted application comprises calling a media retrieving interface implemented by the hosted application;

    receiving uncompressed media from the hosted application, wherein the hosted application is configured to perform decompression of the media from a format in which the hosted application receives the media to the uncompressed media and wherein the hosted application platform provides the hosted application with sufficient access to the computer system to decompress the media to allow the hosted application to support new media formats without updating the hosted application platform but does not provide the hosted application with direct access to the computer system, wherein the hosted application receives the media in a format not understood by the hosted application platform and decompresses the media using a codec provided by the hosted application to convert the media to a format that the hosted application platform can playback; and

    sending the uncompressed media through a media playback pipeline for playback using available hardware within the control of the hosted application platform,wherein the preceding steps are performed by at least one processor.

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