Patent ID: 8051336

Claim:
Recording method for data which have been or are being generated at a data source in a time sequenced manner and are transmitted via a digital network to at least one recording device for storage, comprising: recording the data at the data source before the transmission on the digital network in such a way that, after a fault on the digital network, data which were intended for transmission during a period of the fault are available for transmission to the at least one recording device; and automatically initiating a transmission of data recorded at the data source during the fault via the digital network when freedom from faults is detected after said fault of the data transmission; wherein: test signals are sent via the digital network at fixed time intervals in order to be able to detect faults with respect to the data transmission on the digital network after an initial connection has been established; and a data gap between received data which originated during the fault of the data transmission on the at least one recording device is filled by writing the data recorded at the data source into the data gap in a correct time sequence.