System and method for selective recording of information

A system for controlling a recording device to effect selective recording of an incoming information stream, wherein the incoming information stream comprises multiple media frames, the system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• control logic in communication with the memory configured to:
• define a segment of interest in a first information stream, wherein the segment of interest comprises multiple media frames;
• modify the segment of interest by adding a selected media frame of the multiple media frames to the segment of interest or deleting a selected media frame of the multiple media frames from the segment of interest;
• mark as a boundary point a media frame adjacent to a selected media frame, wherein the selected media frame is to be deleted from the segment of interest;
• prevent the addition of media frames to a terminal portion of the segment of interest which has been marked by the boundary point;
• generate multiple statistical vectors corresponding to individual media frames in the segment of interest;
• store the generated multiple statistical vectors in the memory;
• perform sequential pattern matching of the incoming information stream based on the multiple statistical vectors;
• and
• generate a signal for the recording device to effect control of the recording device with respect to the incoming information stream based on the sequential pattern matching.