Patent ID: 7647459
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A system for facilitating high-speed access and recording of multiple content streams, comprising: a buffer memory configured to store respective contents from one or more content streams, wherein the contents include at least one video program of finite temporal length; and a hard disk configured to store the respective contents from the one or more content streams stored in the buffer memory and including a high-speed zone and a random-access zone, wherein: in a high-speed mode, the contents stored in the buffer memory are transferred to the high-speed zone wherein zone units of the high-speed zone are filled sequentially, in a random access mode, the contents stored in the buffer memory are transferred to the random-access zone, in a buffer-cleaning mode, the contents stored in the high-speed zone are transferred to the random-access zone if a predetermined period of time has elapsed, and the contents stored in the buffer memory are transferred to the hard disk for storage if a capacity threshold of the buffer memory is reached.