Patent ID: 9544532
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of pre-recording a video, comprising: receiving input in a software application selecting a first time interval of video based upon a predetermined time or file size; receiving input in the software application selecting a second time interval of video different than the first time interval of video; recording a first video file corresponding to the first time interval of video and saving the first video file to a data storage; recording a second video file corresponding to the second time interval of video simultaneously with the recording a first video file and saving the second video file to the data storage; determining, at an end of the first time interval of video, whether a record instruction has been received; determining, at an end of the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received; determining, at any point during the first time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received; determining, at any point during the second time interval of video, whether the record instruction has been received; in response to receiving the record instruction in either the first time interval of video or the second time interval of video, recording a third time interval of video and saving a third video file corresponding to the third time interval of video to the data storage; and receiving input appending the third video file to the first video file or the second video file.