Patent ID: 6895165
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A recording device coupled with a conventional streaming audio or audio-visual media presentation device comprising: an input port for accepting media from the media presentation device; at least one recording mechanism associated with at least one data store facility having a memory with capacity for recording a specific time duration of the media presentation; a user interface for controlling the function of record and for enabling functions of media transfer, store, and playback of the recorded media; an output port for enabling throughput of the media to a speaker system and optional visual display apparatus associated with the media presentation device; and a user input on the user interface for inserting into the recorded media at any point and in real time during the media presentation, a first flag marking the beginning of, and a second flag marking the end of the identified media portion, the flags searchable and usable as indicia for beginning a playback session of recorded media at a desired point in the recording sequence with the playback ending at a desired point in the recording sequence, or for selecting a media portion of the recorded media for permanent storage; wherein the recording mechanism is adapted to make a sequential, continuous-loop recording of the media presentation, such that when the memory capacity is filled, the device continues to record, overwriting the oldest recorded information, providing at any point in time a stored copy of the specific time duration of the recorded media immediately preceding the point in time.