Appeal No. 2001-1930
Application No. 08/833,719
the source material to be edited. The control logic is further
provided for defining an output or “virtual” file on the storage
medium for each edited material sequence. Each output file
contains addressing information defining a sequence of storage
locations on the storage medium of data within the source file
representing the clips of source material forming the edited
material sequence. In addition, a routing table or “map” is
stored on the storage medium. This table has a plurality of
entries defining a linked list of storage locations on the
storage medium used for storing the source files. The routing
table facilitates replay of the edited material sequence of clips
in both forward and reverse directions. The following claim
further illustrates the invention.
1. Editing apparatus for editing source video and/or audio
material stored on a storage medium to generate an edited
material sequence of clips from said source material, said
apparatus comprising:
(i) control logic for defining source files on said storage
medium containing data representing said source material to be
edited; and
(ii) control logic for defining an output file on said
storage medium for each edited material sequence, each output
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