Patent ID: 7376183
Filing Date: 2008-05-20
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing post-production processing in a sequence of discrete stages, the method comprising: receiving at an intermediary system a film series of one or more data units comprising content related to a motion picture, wherein at least one of the data units in the film series includes a packet header; extracting a parameter from the packet header; determining, using the intermediary system, a post-production state for the film series based on the extracted parameter, wherein the post-production state is a discrete stage of post-production processing; determining, using the intermediary system, an operation to be performed on the film series based on the post-production state of the flint series; identifying, using the intermediary system, a resource that is appropriate to perform the operation to process the film series; and interfacing, using the intermediary system, with the resource to enable the operation to be performed by the resource on the film series.