Patent ID: 8615602
Filing Date: 2013-12-24
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a recording of a multimedia data stream on a distributed storage system using peer-to-peer technology, said method comprising steps of: packing first data of said multimedia data stream into a first material exchange format (MXF) file; transmitting the first MXF file to a first storage medium location on a first peer for recording; detecting that a storage capacity of the first storage medium location will be reached; in response to said detection, packing subsequent second data of said multimedia data stream into a second MXF file; transmitting the second MXF file to a different second storage medium location on a second peer different from the first peer for recording; duplicating said second MXF file to obtain a duplicated MXF file; inserting first connection data into said first MXF file, said first connection data pointing to said second MXF file; inserting second connection data into said second MXF file, said second connection data pointing to said first MXF file; and inserting third connection data into at least said first MXF file, said third connection data pointing to said duplicated MXF file, wherein the duplicated MXF file is an alternative for said second MXF file, and further wherein said first, second and third connection data each includes task data, attribute data and reference data, said task data contains a task ID value, said attribute data contains a status value comprising at least one of: “next” and “previous”, and said reference data contains an ID value of another MXF file.