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US 5,845,240 AGranted
Selective recall and preservation of continuously recorded data
OwnerMark Fielderinventor
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Abstract
A recording method and apparatus enabling a user to select for recall and preservation portions of audio, video or other data that have been continuously recorded on a finite extent of recording medium, thereby enabling the effective recording and reproduction of events that transpired before the decision to record or reproduce them was made.
Claims28
A process for selectively recording events, said process comprising the steps of:
- providing an acquisition buffer comprising at least one finite extent of a recording medium;
- providing a continuous acquisition means for recording events in said acquisition buffer;
- recording with said acquisition leans in said acquisition buffer current events in place of earlier events, to insure that said acquisition buffer contains, at any given time, a record of the most recent events;
- providing selection means enabling a user to select a portion or portions of said record of the most recent events recorded in said acquisition buffer, in order to determine which portion or portions, if any, of said record of events will be preserved;
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- preserving any portion or portions of said record of events selected by said user, said preserving step comprising at least one of the following steps:
- reserving a portion of said record of events from being overwritten by other events;
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- transferring said selected portions of the record of events to a predetermined location.
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A process for selectively recalling events, comprising:
- providing an acquisition buffer comprising at least one finite extent of a recording medium;
- providing continuous acquisition means for recording events in said acquisition buffer;
- recording with said acquisition means in said acquisition buffer current events in place of earlier events, to insure that said acquisition buffer contains, at any given time, a record of the most recent events;
- providing selection means enabling a user to select a portion ox portions of said record of the most recent events recorded in said acquisition buffer, in order to determine which portion or portions, if any, of said record of events will be recalled or played back;
- providing recall means for reproducing said record of events, and
- reproducing, using said recall means, any portion or portions of said record of events selected by said user using said selection means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.