Patent ID: 8792768

Claim:
A method for recording at least one of video data and audio data generated by a capturing device having an associated data memory, comprising: connecting, via a digital network, the data memory of the capturing device to at least one recording device that has a greater storage capacity than the data memory of the capturing device, wherein the at least one recording device is physically remote from the capturing device; exchanging data between the data memory of the capturing device and the at least one recording device, whereby a virtual data memory is formed for access by the capturing device by operational connection between the data memory of the capturing device and the at least one recording device, the virtual data memory representing a combined data memory capacity formed by the data memory of the capturing device and the at least one recording device; at the capturing device, receiving a request from a user to access the exchanged data, wherein the request does not differentiate between data stored on the data memory of the capturing device and data stored on the virtual data memory; and responsive to the request, retrieving the exchanged data stored on the virtual data memory, the retrieving occurring at the capturing device.