Method, system and computer program product for backup assignment of a mobile electronics device

A controller apparatus that communicates with a plurality of mobile video recording devices when a system is in operation, the system including the controller apparatus and the mobile video recording devices, and the controller apparatus comprising:

• an interface communicatively couplable over at least one network to a server, and wherein the server, when operating in a normal mode associated with communications between the controller apparatus and the server being on-line, records each of the mobile video recording devices as being assigned to a respective user;
• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transient computer readable medium communicatively connected to the at least one processor and configured to store:
• a plurality of device assignment records in relation to the mobile video recording devices, during a time when the server operates in an off-line mode when communication between the controller apparatus and the server is off-line, and the device assignment records defining respective users as assigned to the mobile video recording devices, and
• computer program instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the controller apparatus to:
• in response to one or more device assignment requests received when the server is operating in the off-line mode, create the one or more device assignment records that define the respective one or more users as assigned to the at least one mobile electronics device, and
• in response to the server re-entering the normal mode, update the server by causing at least the one or more device assignment records to be stored in the server,
• wherein no space is allocated within the at least one non-transient computer readable medium to store any video transmitted from any of the mobile video recording devices during the off-line mode.