Patent ID: 7970975

Claim:
A system for securely storing information and conveying it to a monitor, comprising: at least two removable secure modules each including a tamper-resistant case having a plurality of fasteners, a tamper evident seal to cover at least one of the fasteners of the tamper-resistant case, an input port to receive an analog input signal within the case, a recording circuit disposed within the tamper-resistant case to convert the analog signal into digitally formatted data, a memory device disposed with the tamper-resistant case responsive to the recording circuit to store the digitally formatted data, a playback circuit disposed within the tamper-resistant case to read the digitally formatted data from the memory device and to convert the digitally formatted data into an analog playback signal, an output port to transmit the analog playback signal outside the case; a docking station having at least two receptacles configured to hold the secure modules and to communicate with the input ports of the secure modules; a distribution circuit configured to distribute the analog input signal via the receptacles to the secure modules simultaneously, and to distribute different analog input signals simultaneously to each one of the secure modules via the receptacles, and to distribute the analog input signals to only one of the secure modules via the receptacles; an accessory having a module connector to attach to the output port of one of the secure modules when it is removed from the docking station, and having one power cable to supply electrical power to said one of the secure modules to power it as a stand alone unit, the accessory having another cable to connect to the monitor and still another cable to connect to a remote control unit; and wherein the recording circuit adds digital watermark within the digitally formatted data being converted.