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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2005
Martin J. Gale, Eastleigh, GB;
Ian Hughes, Southampton, GB;
Martin J. Gale, Eastleigh, GB;
Ian Hughes, Southampton, GB;
International Business Machines, Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A system for executing a multimedia resource, for use in an environment having a first multimedia resource comprising an associated first tag, a set of multimedia resources comprising an associated set of tags, an executing component for executing the first multimedia resource. The system comprises a comparator, responsive to the first multimedia resource being executed, for comparing a second tag of the set of tags with the first tag, to determine whether a second multimedia resource is compatible with the first multimedia resource; a determining component, responsive to the second resource being compatible with the first resource, for determining in accordance with at least one rule, whether the second multimedia resource has a higher priority than the first multimedia resource; and a control component, responsive to a determination that the second multimedia resource has the higher priority, for controlling the executing component to execute the second multimedia resource.