Patent ID: 9167195
Filing Date: 2015-10-20
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method related to data management, the method comprising: accepting an input for designating a first portion of data in a video and/or audio data stream obtained from at least one sensing device, the designated first portion of data in the video and/or audio data stream including at least data representing at least one of a distinct human voice, a distinct sound, or an image of a distinct object; accepting a second input for retaining the designated first portion of data in the video and/or audio data stream at a first resolution; and accepting a third input for designation of at least one reduced resolution value for degrading one or more portions of a residue of the video and/or audio data stream to one or more reduced resolutions less than the first resolution, if a condition is met, wherein the one or more reduced resolutions are determined as a function of the at least one reduced resolution value and distance in the video and/or audio data stream between the designated first portion to be retained at the first resolution and the one or more portions of the residue, and wherein the function of distance instructs for at least one greater reduction of the one or more reduced resolutions as the distance increases between the designated first portion to be retained at the first resolution and the one or more portions of the residue.