Patent ID: 8072501

Claim:
A system related to data management, the system comprising: circuitry for accepting input for a designation of a reference designator and a beginning demarcation designator and/or an ending demarcation designator in a video/audio data stream, wherein the beginning demarcation designator and/or the ending demarcation designator are defined relative to the reference designator; circuitry for accepting input for a retention at a first resolution of a first portion of the video/audio data stream, the first portion beginning substantially at the beginning demarcation designator and ending substantially at the ending demarcation designator; and circuitry for accepting input for retention at a second resolution of a second portion of the video/audio data stream, wherein the retention of the second portion of the video/audio data stream at the second resolution is to be performed if a condition responsive to data received from a device other than a second device used for a specified previous retention of the second portion of the video/audio data stream is met, the device other than the second device being a digital video recording device.