Patent ID: 7840661

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions for generating an edit decision list that specifies media content to be included in a composed media object, the instructions for: generating, by a computer, at least one media portion specifier, such that the at least one media portion specifier identifies at least a portion of at least one first media object, and such that the at least one media portion specifier additionally comprises at least one option specifier, such that the at least one option specifier, comprises a volume level specifier; generating, by the computer, the edit decision list, the edit decision list includes a network address and the at least one media portion specifier, and such that the edit decision list includes an action specifier that specifies an action comprising a visual effect to be included in the composed media object, such that a time at which the action occurs in the composed media object is based on a position of the action specifier in the edit decision list; and the edit decision list is in the form of a network resource locator string suitable for transmission in a network request to the network address to cause the composed media object to be generated.