Method of controlling I/O routing by setting connecting context for utilizing I/O processing elements within a computer system to produce multimedia effects

摘要

A method of controlling the routing of input/output operations including providing a series of commands expressing connections between sources of data, processing elements, and destinations for data to carry out an input/output operation; compiling a data structure for the input/output operation from the series of commands, the data structure including context defining connections between each of the sources of data, processing elements, and destinations for data; and using the data structure to set connecting context to make connection expressed between each of the sources of data, processing elements, and destinations for data whenever the input/output operation is to be accomplished.