Chris C Walker

US Patent:

7463264, Dec 9, 2008

Filed:

Apr 12, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/105199

Inventors:

Mark Harrison - Piedmont CA, US
Chris Walker - Pinole CA, US
Rudro Samanta - San Francisco CA, US
Miles Egan - Emeryville CA, US
Michael Fong - Novato CA, US

Assignee:

Pixar - Emeryville CA

International Classification:

G06T 13/00

US Classification:

345473, 705 5, 705 10, 705E1701, 705E17032, 713168

Abstract:

A method for serverless data management includes receiving an asset identifier in a first system, receiving data associated with the asset identifier in the first system, determining a resource in a storage network for storage of the asset data, in response to a path algorithm and the asset identifier, wherein the determination is made substantially free of interaction with the storage network, storing the asset data on the resource, creating a link between the asset identifier and the resource in the first system, receiving the asset identifier in a second system, determining the storage resource where the asset data is stored, in response to the path algorithm and the asset identifier, wherein the determination is made substantially free of interaction with the storage network and the first system, and creating a link between the asset identifier and the resource in the second computer system.

US Patent:

62154958, Apr 10, 2001

Filed:

May 30, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/865696

Inventors:

Brad Grantham - Mountain View CA
Michael T. Jones - San Jose CA
Mark G. Segal - Menlo Park CA
Chris Tanner - San Jose CA
Chris Walker - Gilroy CA
John Rohlf - Campbell CA

Assignee:

Silicon Graphics, Inc. - Mountain View CA

International Classification:

G06T 1500
G06F 700

US Classification:

345419

Abstract:

A computer-readable medium having stored thereon an applications programming interface for causing a computer system to render a three-dimensional scene according to a downloaded file. A scene graph is constructed from a number of objects stored in memory. These objects have variables which can be changed by subroutine calls. Furthermore, one or more objects can contain one or more fields. A field is comprised of a data type which represents the state of an object. Engines are used to perform defined functions to the fields. One or more routes can be used to change one field in response to changes made to another field. A class hierarchy is defined to implement a retained mode graphics.