Patent ID: 8253821

Claim:
A program product related to data management, the program product comprising: a non-transitory computer readable medium bearing: one or more instructions for accepting input for designation of a first portion of a data stream for retention at a first resolution, the input including designation of at least a first-portion temporal beginning designator and a first-portion temporal ending designator in the data stream, wherein the data stream represents video and/or audio information including video and/or audio information of an aspect of interest, and wherein the data stream includes at least two sequential frames of video and/or audio information; and one or more instructions for accepting input for designation of a second portion of the data stream for retention at a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is less than the first resolution, and wherein the retention of the second portion of the data stream at the second resolution is to be performed if a condition is met, including the condition that the aspect of interest is one or more of silent and/or missing.