Patent ID: 8095505
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: G11B,H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for restoring material on an electronic media player, said method comprising: identifying and locating corrupted file segments on an electronic storage media file playing on said electronic media player by assigning identifying markers to beginning and end points of said corrupted file segments; accessing an online service provider having a master copy of said electronic storage media file; downloading to said electronic media player uncorrupted file segments from said master copy, said uncorrupted file segments matching said corrupted file segments having said identifying markers at said beginning and end points thereof; and substituting said uncorrupted file segments for said corrupted file segments during play of said electronic storage media file on said electronic media player; wherein said steps of identifying and locating said corrupted file segments, accessing said online service provider, and downloading to said electronic media player are performed at a time subsequent to playing said storage media file.