Segmented Data Recording for Continuous Storage Reuse
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current digital recording systems face limitations due to limited storage capacity, where entire recorded files must be viewed and erased before new recordings can be made, leading to frequent interruptions and inefficient use of memory space.
Innovation Solution
The method involves segmenting original data files into smaller segments, allowing individual processing and viewing, with marked segments becoming available for new recordings immediately after viewing, enabling users to select segment sizes for recorded or scheduled files.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If entire recorded files are kept as single files until completely viewed and erased, then data integrity is maintained, but storage capacity is wasted and new recordings cannot be made until space is freed
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides recorded files into multiple segments, allowing individual segments to be processed and freed independently. When a user views a recording, the system segments the file and frees segments as they are viewed, rather than waiting for the entire file to be consumed. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining data integrity through controlled segmentation while improving storage capacity utilization through progressive file release.
2Reliability
If entire recorded files must be viewed before erasing, then complete viewing is ensured, but viewing time is extended and user flexibility is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting recorded files into smaller portions, the system allows users to view and free segments incrementally. This reduces the total time users must wait before storage space becomes available, while still ensuring complete viewing through progress tracking mechanisms that monitor which segments have been viewed.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary segmentation of recorded files into manageable segments before viewing begins. This preliminary action enables the freeing of viewed segments without requiring complete viewing of the entire file, thereby reducing viewing time and improving user flexibility while maintaining reliability through progress tracking.
3Stability of the object's composition
If recorded files are maintained intact until completely viewed, then file structure is preserved, but memory space cannot be reused by other recordings
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements file segmentation that allows the system to preserve the logical structure of recorded files while physically dividing them into smaller segments. This enables individual segments to be freed and reused for new recordings while the overall file structure remains intact through metadata tracking, thereby improving memory space availability without compromising file structure integrity.
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AI summary
A method and implementing system are provided in which data, such as video and/or audio data, are presented and recorded on media for subsequent reference, management and/or processing. Original files are divided into segment files which are smaller than the original file. Each segment file may then be processed and/or viewed individually and, after viewing, the segment file is marked as having been viewed, and the marked segment files are immediately available for use in recording new files before all of the segmented files of the original file have been viewed. In one example, a user is enabled to select the size of the segmented files for any of the recorded, and/or scheduled to be recorded, data files.