Systems and methods that schematize audio/video data

Abstract

The present invention provides a novel file management approach. The systems and methods comprise a schema-based file management technique that can be integrated within an operating system to provide application developers an efficient and powerful develop utility to build applications. In addition, the system and methods provide for applications that can be employed uniformly across disparate data (e.g., audio and video data) within the operating environment. The schema can include a base schema that is related to known types of data and derived schema that extend the base schema with respect to one or more characteristics of the data. The schema can be employed to generate APIs that can be employed by users and / or applications to exchange information with a file system. In addition, the systems and methods can include configurable intelligence that can be utilized perform actions and / or make decisions, which can automate processes and / or facilitate data storage and / or management.

Description

[0001] related application [0002] This application claims priority to US Patent Application Serial No. 10 / 692,215, entitled "Systems and Methods that Schematize Audio / Video Data," filed October 23, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. technical field [0003] The present invention relates generally to file management, and more particularly to systems and methods for storing and managing audio and video data based on a rich set of schemas. Background technique [0004] Technological advances related to computers and electronics over the past few decades have ushered in the computer age. For example, advances in transistor technology have enabled the manufacture of integrated circuits to virtually double the number of transistors per square inch per year (transistor density) (Moore's Law). Such advances have resulted in huge gains in processing power and transfer rates (eg, data, control, and address), as well as reductions in component / backplane...

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Problems solved by technology

As a result, development by multiple third-party vendors can result in duplicative or redundant development efforts, where multiple data sets cannot be shared and utilized outside of the corresponding application; much information associated with the application remains application-only Program-accessible files are locked such that multiple sets of data cannot be shared

[0008] In addition to expending resources to understand and generate applications around the operating system, third-party developers face file system or operating system changes (such as revisions, paths, etc.) or next-generation operating systems that may make applications behave differently. Compatibility and therefore a greater chance of not working

For example, a change in the technique of addressing memory (eg, from 16-bit to 64-bit) can present the operating system with an application that is in fact incompatible

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