Patent ID: 7885979

Claim:
A method for configuring a batch job using a single graphical interface, comprising: identifying a plurality of input file graphical elements based on user selections from a first portion of said single graphical interface, each identified input file graphical element representative of an input file to reformat in said batch job; forming in a second portion of said single graphical interface a batch job tree for constructing said batch job; associating each of said plurality of input file graphical elements to a corresponding branch of said batch job tree in said second portion of said single graphical interface responsive to a user graphically repositioning each of said plurality of input file graphical elements from the first portion to the second portion; and associating at least one reformatting process from a third portion of said single graphical interface to each of said plurality of input file graphical elements in said each branch of said batch job tree in said second portion of said single graphical interface, wherein the associating comprises: globally associating one of the at least one reformatting process to each of the plurality of input file graphical elements; and locally associating one of the at least one reformatting process to one of the plurality of input file graphical elements; wherein the at least one reformatting process includes at least one of a video reformatting process and an audio reformatting process.