Patent ID: 6205419
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G11B,G11C,H04M

Abstract:
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;recording 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; andpreserving 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; andtransferring said selected portions of the record of events to a predetermined location.