Patent ID: 7680898
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing system comprising: means for maintaining a list of one or more user designated directories where multi-media files have been stored in the past; input means for generating a request for one or more multi-media files for use in a multi-media editing project, wherein the multi-media editing project comprises a render engine, the render engine exposes a dynamically reconfigurable matrix switch comprising a scalable plurality of input switches and a scalable plurality of output switches generated to satisfy the multi-media editing project, the request being generated by a user computer that comprises part of a network where multi-media files are maintained in a network-accessible location, the render engine configured to: one or more processors; one or more computer-readable storage media having computer-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by said one or more processors, perform a method comprising: