Patent ID: 6804638
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: G11B,G11C,H04M

Abstract:
A process for event-activated recording, said process comprising the steps of: providing an acquisition buffer comprising at least one finite extent of a recording medium; providing a continuous acquisition means for recording events in said acquisition buffer; recording with said acquisition means in said acquisition buffer current events in place of earlier events, to insure that said acquisition buffer contains, at any given time, a record of the most recent events;providing triggering means to activate the preservation of all or part of said record of the most recent events recorded in said acquisition buffer, upon the detection of any of one or more predetermined events; and preserving any portion or portions of said-record of events selected by said user, said preserving step comprising at least one of the following steps: reserving a portion of said record of events from being overwritten by other events; and transferring said selected portions of the record of events to a predetermined permanent location.