US 12,204,582 B2
Media file systems and methods of storing media files in a media file system
James Westland Cain, Berkshire (GB)
Assigned to GRASS VALLEY LIMITED, Newbury (GB)
Filed by Grass Valley Limited, Newbury (GB)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,632.
Application 18/307,632 is a continuation of application No. 17/446,803, filed on Sep. 2, 2021, granted, now 11,669,563.
Application 17/446,803 is a continuation of application No. 16/159,063, filed on Oct. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,157,545, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Application 16/159,063 is a continuation of application No. PCT/GB2017/051053, filed on Apr. 13, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 1606595 (GB), filed on Apr. 15, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0385332 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/40 (2019.01); G06F 16/48 (2019.01); G06F 16/738 (2019.01); G06F 16/901 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/48 (2019.01) [G06F 16/40 (2019.01); G06F 16/739 (2019.01); G06F 16/9024 (2019.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A media file system for storing media data files, the media file system comprising:
a media data file manager configured to determine essence from which a new media data file is derived and to update a data structure defining a file relationship graph to include a new node for the new media data file and at least one edge that links the new media data file to at least one existing media data file of a set of media data files that shares the determined essence data from which the new media data file is derived.