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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2008
Timothy S. Milliron, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sudeep Rangaswamy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brad Andalman, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Ferris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Timothy S. Milliron, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sudeep Rangaswamy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Brad Andalman, Oakland, CA (US);
Michael Ferris, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Pixar, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Unordered list operations are used to create and modify ordered lists of components. Each list operation specifies an intention to change some aspect of an ordered list, such as the addition or removal of components or a change in the sequence of components. List operations are associated with intrinsic and extrinsic time-independent attributes. Multiple users can collaborate on an ordered list by specifying their own list operations. List operations are cumulative and do not destructively overwrite list operations from previous pipeline activities. An embodiment of the invention interprets list operations in a time independent manner using intrinsic and extrinsic list operation attributes. Because list operations are processed in a time-independent manner, multiple users may collaborate in any order on the creation of an ordered list, including simultaneously editing the ordered list, and still obtain consistent results.