Patent ID: 8145787

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving data from a transmitting device transmitting data at a first non-zero rate to a memory for storage therein during a first period of time; generating a first data quantity value representing a quantity of data stored in the memory at a first point in time, comparing the first data quantity value to a first predetermined value; causing the transmitting device to transmit data at a second non-zero rate to the memory for storage therein during a second period of time, in response to the comparing; modifying the first predetermined value in response at least in part to the comparing the first data quantity value to the first predetermined value; wherein the second period of time is subsequent to the first period of time; and wherein the second non-zero rate is greater than the first non-zero rate; wherein the modifying the first predetermined value comprises subtracting a set value from the first predetermined value thereby generating a new first predetermined value.