Patent ID: 8032613

Claim:
A system for editing audio/video (AV) data, comprising: a first AV server configured to store AV data and having a recording means; a second AV server configured to store compressed AV data, the compressed AV data being the compressed content of the AV data stored at the first AV server, an edit terminal configured to select AV data, preview compressed AV data corresponding to the selected AV data, identify a portion of the AV data in the first server for editing that corresponds to a portion of the previewed compressed AV data, send a transfer request to transfer the identified portion of the AV data from the first AV server to a recording apparatus, and edit the identified portion of AV data at the recording apparatus; the recording apparatus being connected to the edit terminal, and configured to store AV data from the first AV server for editing by the edit terminal;, and a gateway terminal connected to the recording apparatus and the first AV server, wherein the gateway terminal transfers the identified portion of the AV data from the first AV server to the recording apparatus based on the request from the edit terminal, and wherein the gateway terminal transfers an edited portion of the AV data from the recording apparatus to the first AV server.