Patent ID: 7817905

Claim:
A system for recording audio and video, said system comprising: at least one video camera device, each said video camera device comprising (a) a subsystem for capturing at least video data, (b) a storage device upon which at least the video data is stored, (c) a wireless interface for communicating with at least one further recording device, (d) an internal clock for recording at least a time at which the video data was recorded, and (e) a connecting port enabling connection to a remote-control device; at least one said further recording device, each said further recording device comprising (a) at least one microphone for capturing audio information, (b) a storage device upon which corresponding audio data is recorded, (c) a wireless interface for communicating with said video camera device, (d) an internal clock for recording at least a time at which the audio data was recorded, and (e) a connection port enabling connection to said video camera device, wherein said at least one further recording device is configured to operate both when connected to and when separate from said at least one video camera device, and wherein said storage device of said video camera device is separate from said storage device of said further recording device; and at least one device synchronization list configured to store (a) a time from said internal clock of said video camera device, (b) a time from said internal clock of said at least one further recording device, and (c) a clock tolerance indicating a level of accuracy of time synchronization between said video camera device and said further recording device, the device synchronization list being used for simultaneous reproduction of the stored video data and the corresponding audio data recorded when said video camera device and said further recording device are separated.