Patent ID: 6161115
Filing Date: 2000-12-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
A media editing system, comprising:storage for storing a machine-readable composition made up of a plurality of media objects located at a plurality of positions in the composition,means for receiving a modified version of one of the media objects in the composition from a remote location and a machine-readable identifier associated with the modified version of the one of the media objects,effect reconciliation means responsive to the means for receiving, for reading the machine-readable identifier and for finding a match between the modified version of the one of the media objects and the one of the media objects in the composition based on the machine-readable identifier and an identifier corresponding to the one of the media objects,means for automatically inserting the modified version of the one of the media objects into the machine-readable composition in synchronism with one of the positions in the composition that the one of the media objects occupied in the composition, anda version selection control responsive to a selection command from the user to access both the one of the media objects and the modified version of the one of the media objects after automatic insertion of the modified version by the means for automatically inserting.