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Delayed decision recording device
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Inventors: Tognazzini, Bruce;
Assignee: Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Mountain View, CA)
Primary Examiner: Garber; Wendy R.
Assistant Examiner: Boccio; Vincent F.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: McDermott, Will & Emery
Apparatus, methods and computer program products permit a decision to record time sequential information, beginning at a particular point in time, to be made after that particular point in time. In one implementation, a decision to record a piece of music from the beginning can be made anytime during the playing of the music. In others, a decision to record a video program from the beginning can be made during the program. In a portable video camera, a decision to save a boy's turn at bat can be made after he hits a home run. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION What is claimed is: 1.
Apparatus for recording program material from a source of program material from a beginning, after the beginning of the program material has passed, comprising: a.
a recording device; b.
a delayed recording circuit configured to introduce delay between said source and said recording device and to activate said recording device to record information from said source from the beginning after said delay; and d.
a start-of-program detector which detects the start of a program to be recorded.
2.
Apparatus of claim 1 in which the start of program detector receives program starting and/or stopping information from an external communications link.
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Apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an end of program detector which detects the end of a program being recorded and which terminates recording at the end of a program selected for recording.
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In a recording device, receiving different types of information from a source in a time sequence, for recording at least a portion of one type of information from its beginning, after its beginning has passed, including a delayed recording circuit which includes a computer, a process comprising: providing an element for performing the step of reading information from said source into computer memory; providing an element for performing the step of identifying said beginning; and providing an element for performing the step of, after said beginning, controlling said recording device to record said one type of information from said beginning as it is read from said computer memory.
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The process of claim 4 in which said one type of information is music.
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The process of claim 4 in which the step of identifying includes spectrum analysis.
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The process of claim 4 further including providing an element for performing the step of detecting an end of said one type of information and storing an indication of a location in memory where said end occurs and terminating recording when said location in memory is read from said computer memory
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