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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2001
Ibrahim Cem Duruoz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kosuke Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Natarajan Sundaresan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Ibrahim Cem Duruoz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kosuke Nakai, Kanagawa, JP;
Natarajan Sundaresan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Electronics, Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to an application programming interface. More specifically, the present invention relates to an application programming interface designed for handling interaction between an audio/video controller and an audio/video file system. In one exemplary embodiment, the application programming interface includes a number of function calls which direct the audio/video file system to perform a variety of functions. In addition, the application programming interface permits devices capable of handling different types of data, such as isochronous and asynchronous data, to communicate with the audio/video file system.