Database-managed image processing
AssigneeAutodesk Canada Inc.
InventorsChristopher Vienneau, Charles Martin, David Boileau
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, system, and article of manufacture provide the ability to track the processing of image data in a collaborative environment. A dependency graph that represents an image composition is obtained. Metadata for each element of the dependency graph are stored in a database that is accessible across a network to multiple users. Access to the database is controlled to allow the multiple users to access the dependency graph via the database simultaneously.
Claims21
A computer-implemented method for tracking a processing of image data in a collaborative environment comprising:
- (a) obtaining a dependency graph;
- (b) storing metadata for each element of the dependency graph in a database, wherein the database is accessible across a network to multiple users;
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- (c) controlling access to the database to allow the multiple users to access the dependency graph via the database simultaneously.
A computer implemented system for tracking a processing of image data in a collaborative environment comprising:
- (a) a computer having a memory, wherein said computer is communicatively coupled across a network to one or more additional computers to form a network;
- (b) a processing application executing on the computer, wherein the processing application is configured to:
- (i) obtain a dependency graph;
- (ii) store metadata for each element of the dependency graph in a database, wherein the database is accessible across the network to the one or more additional computers;
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- (iii) control access to the database to allow the one or more additional computers to access the dependency graph via the database simultaneously.
A program storage device, readable by a computer, tangibly embodying at least one program of instructions executable by the computer to perform method steps of tracking a processing of image data in a collaborative environment, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) obtaining a dependency graph;
- (b) storing metadata for each element of the dependency graph in a database, wherein the database is accessible across a network to multiple users;
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- (c) controlling access to the database to allow the multiple users to access the dependency graph via the database simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.