Patent ID: 6480584
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A method of recording and playing back, in a multimedia device, an audio and video stream of data comprising the steps of:accepting at least one tele-conference message comprised of at least one audio and video stream of data transmitted from a remote station via a communication system to said multimedia device; buffering said accepted at least one audio and video stream of data; controlling the storage of said at least one audio and video stream of data, so buffered into a random access mass storage device, under the control of a micro-processor such that a plurality of stored audio and video streams are stored; providing a user controllable signal to said micro-processor to play back at least one of said stored audio and video streams of data stored in said mass storage device; wherein a play back of said at least one of said stored audio and video streams of data can occur during the accepting, buffering and storing of a combined audio and video stream of data which is different from said played back combined video and audio stream of data.