Multimedia recording system and method
OwnerJeff Barber, Terry Zipprer +1inventors
InventorsJeff Barber, Terry Zipprer, Phil White
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Abstract
The present invention is a novel fully interactive multimedia recording system that organizes and catalogues different multimedia data easily and expeditiously using uniform arrays of data packets, thereby achieving improved efficiency of transfer to a memory and storage means over prior art. The data packets may be time variable thus each array is also time variable at the discretion of the user. The effect is to reduce the time of synchronizing the different memory and storage mediums for transfer by providing temporal and uniform data arrays.
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A multimedia recording system for sequentially recording video data and audio data and cataloging said data, comprising:
- a primary memory means within a multimedia device for temporarily storing video and audio data captured by said multimedia device;
- a recording control means within said multimedia device for controlling reading and writing of desired digital video and audio data from said primary memory means to an intermediate storage medium;
- a packet of digital data formed by a segment of continuous writing of said desired video and audio data to said intermediate storage medium;
- said recording control means being adapted to repeat said reading and writing of said desired digital video and audio data from said primary memory means thereby forming a sequential array of packets on said intermediate storage medium wherein said array contains at least one packet;
- a base providing a docking interface wherein said docking interface transmits or receives said sequential array of packets with said multimedia device in response to said multimedia device being in contact with said docking interface;
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- a playback module wherein said playback module provides a playback signal preselected from said array of packets.
A method for sequentially recording video data and audio data and cataloging said data, comprising:
- temporarily storing video and audio data captured by a multimedia device on a primary memory means;
- controlling reading and writing of desired digital video and audio data from said primary memory means to an intermediate storage medium;
- forming a packet by writing said desired video and audio data to said intermediate storage medium;
- repeating said reading and writing of said desired digital video and audio data from said primary memory means thereby forming a sequential array of packets on said intermediate storage medium wherein said array contains at least one packet;
- providing a docking interface wherein said docking interface transmits or receives said sequential array of packets with said multimedia device in response to said multimedia device being in contact with said docking interface;
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- providing a playback signal preselected from said array of packets.
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