US 5,317,732 AGranted

System for relocating a multimedia presentation on a different platform by extracting a resource map in order to remap and relocate resources

AssigneeCommodore Electronics Limited

InventorsJohn D. Gerlach, Jr., Michael E. Weiblen

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Abstract

A process performed in a data processing system includes receiving an input selecting one of the plurality of multimedia presentations to be relocated from the first memory to the second memory, scanning the linked data structures of the selected multimedia presentation to recognize a plurality of resources corresponding to the selected multimedia presentation, and generating a list of names and locations within the selected multimedia presentation corresponding to the identified plurality of resources. The process also includes renaming the names on the generated list, changing the names of the identified plurality of resources in the selected multimedia presentation to the new names on the generated list, and moving the selected multimedia presentation and the resources identified on the generated list to the second memory.

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Dependent claims

In a data processing system having a first memory and a second memory, wherein the first and second memories are adapted for storing a plurality of multimedia presentations and a plurality of resources, wherein each one of the plurality of multimedia presentations includes a plurality of linked data structures, wherein a plurality of the linked data structures identify a plurality of resources each having a name including a location identifier, the method comprising the steps performed in the data processing system of:

receiving an input selecting one of the multimedia presentations to be relocated from the first memory to the second memory;
scanning the linked data structures of the selected multimedia presentation to determine the plurality of resources identified by the selected multimedia presentation;
generating a resource-name list of names including location identifiers corresponding to the plurality of resources identified by the selected multimedia presentation;
changing the location identifiers on the resource-name list;
updating the names of the identified plurality of resources in the selected multimedia presentation to reflect the changed location identifiers on the resource-name list;
and
relocating the updated multimedia presentation and the resources listed on the resource-name list to the second memory.

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A multimedia presentation and resource allocation system in a data processing system having a first memory and a second memory, wherein the first and second memories are adapted for storing a plurality of multimedia presentations and a plurality of resources, wherein each one of the plurality of multimedia presentations includes a plurality of linked data structures, wherein a plurality of the linked data structures identify a plurality of resources each having a name including a location identifier, the system comprising:

means for receiving an input selecting one of the multimedia presentations to be relocated from the first memory to the second memory;
means for scanning the linked data structures of the selected multimedia presentation to determine the plurality of resources identified by the selected multimedia presentation;
means for generating a list of names including location identifiers corresponding to the plurality of resources identified by the selected multimedia presentation;
means for changing the locating identifiers on the generated list;
means for updating the names of the identified plurality of resources in the selected multimedia presentation to reflect the changed location identifiers on the generated list;
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means for relocating the updated multimedia presentation and the resources listed on the generated list to the second memory.

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