Patent ID: 7441251

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a software-enabled matrix switch comprising: a scalable plurality of inputs, dynamically coupled to select source(s) to receive media content; and a scalable plurality of outputs, dynamically coupled to select object(s), wherein the software enabled, matrix switch recursively routes media content through the select object(s) to manipulate the received media content in accordance with a user-defined media processing project, wherein the matrix switch is generated by a render engine in a media processing filter graph to selectively couple one or more inputs to one or more outputs recursively processing media content through a plurality of software objects in accordance with a user-defined media processing project; and a programming grid, generated by the render engine in accordance with the user-defined media processing project, to control routing of the media content from the scalable plurality of one or more inputs to the scalable plurality of one or more outputs, wherein modifications to the user-defined media processing project are dynamically reflected in an updated version of the programming grid, eliminating the need to tear down and reconstitute an entire filter graph to effect the modification; and producing, with the matrix switch, a user-defined media processing project.