Patent ID: 8798598

Claim:
A software implemented method comprising: capturing and recording the display screen video output of at least one software program running on a handheld mobile computerized device; said mobile computerized device comprising at least one processor, video display screen, memory, display screen video buffer, operating system screen renderer, sound input device, operating system, and at least one wireless transceiver; wherein at least one software program is not natively configured to allow said display screen video output to be captured and recorded by said computerized device; said method further comprising: providing a display screen capture and recording application on said computerized device, said display screen capture and recording program configured to run on said computerized device and capture and record said display screen by either intercepting and reading commands to said operating system screen renderer and/or software interrogating the state of said display screen video buffer; activating said recording application; using said recording application to capture and record said display screen video output at a rate of at least 10 frames per second; wherein said recording application additionally captures and records sound input data from said sound input device in a manner that allows said recorded sound input data to be time synchronized with said recorded display screen video output.