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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2004
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj, San Pablo, CA (US);
Brett Levin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachariah Baum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Stephan Vladimir Bugaj, San Pablo, CA (US);
Brett Levin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachariah Baum, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for a computer system includes receiving and storing a first model of an animation asset in a first version location of the animation asset, providing a link between a named version of the animation asset to the first version location of the animation asset, wherein a name of the named version is specified by a first user, thereafter receiving and storing a second model of the animation asset in a second version location of the animation asset, providing the first model of the animation asset from the first version location of the animation asset in response to a specification of the named version of the animation asset by a second user, and providing the second model of the animation asset from the second version location of the animation asset in response to a specification of the animation asset by the second user.