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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Brian Meaney, San Jose, CA (US);
Melissa Breglio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Stern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerremy Holland, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dave Cerf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colleen Pendergast, Livermore, CA (US);
Peter A. Steinauer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michaelle Stikich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Lyons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brian Meaney, San Jose, CA (US);
Melissa Breglio, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mike Stern, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jerremy Holland, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Dave Cerf, San Francisco, CA (US);
Colleen Pendergast, Livermore, CA (US);
Peter A. Steinauer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michaelle Stikich, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Lyons, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method that receives a timeline that includes several pieces of content. The method receives user input to divide the timeline into hierarchical segments of varying duration. The method defines associations between the pieces of content and at least one hierarchical level of the segments. In some embodiments, the method is performed by a media-editing application and the pieces of content are media clips inserted into the timeline by a user.