[Andrew Richards] "This patent describes collaborative editing like no ones else has; live, multi-user concurrent work on a single project across distances without even requiring all parties have the app. Will they build it? Who knows, indeed."
I think a lot of people are reading way more into this patent than may be the case. Although FCP was used in the examples, there's really nothing in this patent that specifically ties it to FCP X or any other pro software. It could just as easily be applied to some plan for iCloud and consumers.
A couple of years ago Apple was granted a patent for UI customization using FCP "legacy" examples in the submission. It included all sorts of user-customizable, colored and semi-transparent, UI elements and so on. This hasn't made it into any Apple software - at least not in the way we might have inferred from the patent. So I think it's incredibly premature to interpret this particular patent in any way that sheds light on the future of FCP X.
- Oliver
Oliver Peters Post Production Services, LLC
Orlando, FL
http://www.oliverpeters.com 
