Managing multi-threaded operations in a multimedia authoring environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9535768
APP PUB NO 20140019986A1
SERIAL NO

13943609

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Managing multi-threaded computer processing, including: processing a main thread for an object in background of the multi-threaded computer processing without locking the object during its process in the background, wherein processing a main thread includes: monitoring the state of the object, wherein the object is deemed ready for processing after it satisfies a set of rules to check for its completeness, and the object has not been modified for a pre-determined period of time; creating and adding tasks to a queue for processing once the object is ready; and packaging required information for the tasks into a single data structure that is passed to a task thread and returned to the main thread upon completion.

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SONY CORPORATION1-7-1 KONAN MINATO-KU TOKYO 108-0075
SONY PICTURES TECHNOLOGIES INC10202 WEST WASHINGTON BOULEVARD CULVER CITY CA 90232

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Reis, Jorge A Culver City, US 1 5
Thompson, Michael K Los Angeles, US 6 85
Ying, John B Redondo Beach, US 1 5

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