System and method for recording information on a storage medium
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1. A method of transmitting information to a computer having a removable medium, comprising the steps of:
- receiving a request from the computer to download information over a network;
determining whether a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium meets predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow and is therefore an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium; and
transmitting information to the computer in order for the device of the computer to write the information to the removable medium, wherein the transmitting step comprises;
transmitting the information to the computer in order for the device of the computer to write the information to the removable medium without writing any of the information to an intermediate storage device when the determining step determines that the device is an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium.
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Abstract
A method and system for controlling the downloading of information to a computer. Depending upon the characteristics of a storage drive and/or the data which is to be downloaded, the data may be downloaded to a recordable storage medium without first storing the data to a hard disk drive. Alternatively, the data may be stored on a hard disk drive when it is downloaded.
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1. A method of transmitting information to a computer having a removable medium, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from the computer to download information over a network;
determining whether a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium meets predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow and is therefore an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium; and
transmitting information to the computer in order for the device of the computer to write the information to the removable medium, wherein the transmitting step comprises;
transmitting the information to the computer in order for the device of the computer to write the information to the removable medium without writing any of the information to an intermediate storage device when the determining step determines that the device is an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of recording information on a removable medium, comprising the steps of:
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receiving information by a computer;
writing information to the removable medium using a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium, only if it is determined that a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium has structure which makes the device an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium by having a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow, wherein the writing step comprises;
writing the information to the removable medium using the device, without writing any of the information to an intermediate storage device when it is determined that the device is an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of storing information, comprising the steps of:
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receiving information by a computer, the information including first importance information, and second importance information having an importance which is lower than the first importance information;
writing the first importance information to a hard disk drive of the computer;
writing the second importance information to a storage medium which is different from the hard disk drive, without writing any of the second importance information to the hard disk drive when a device configured to write to the storage medium does satisfy predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of transmitting information, comprising the steps of:
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receiving a request from a remote computer to download information, the information including first importance information, and second importance information having an importance which is lower than the first importance information;
transmitting the first importance information to the remote computer so that the first importance information is stored to a hard disk drive of the computer;
transmitting the second importance information to the remote computer so that the second importance information is stored to a storage medium which is different from the hard disk drive, without writing any of the second importance information to the hard disk drive when a device configured to write to the storage medium does satisfy predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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59. A system of transmitting information to a computer having a removable medium, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from the computer to download information over a network;
means for determining whether a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium meets predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow and is therefore an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium; and
means for transmitting information to the computer in order for the device of the computer to write the information to the removable medium, wherein the means for transmitting comprises;
means for transmitting the information to the computer in order for the device of the computer to write the information to the recordable medium without writing any of the information to an intermediate storage device when the means for determining determines that the device is an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A system for recording information on a removable medium, comprising:
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means for receiving information by a computer;
means for writing information to the removable medium using a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium, only if it is determined that a device of the computer having structure to write to the removable medium has structure which makes the device an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium by having a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow, wherein the means for writing comprises;
means for writing the information to the removable medium using the device, without writing any of the information to an intermediate storage device when it is determined that the device is an appropriate device for writing to the removable medium. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87)
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88. A system of storing information, comprising:
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means for receiving information by a computer, the information including first importance information, and second importance information having an importance which is lower than the first importance information;
means for writing the first importance information to a hard disk drive of the computer;
means for writing the second importance information to a storage medium which is different from the hard disk drive, without writing any of the second importance information to the hard disk drive when a device configured to write to the storage medium does satisfy predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow. - View Dependent Claims (89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. A system of transmitting information, comprising:
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means for receiving a request from a remote computer to download information, the information including first importance information, and second importance information having an importance which is lower than the first importance information;
means for transmitting the first importance information to the remote computer so that the first importance information is stored to a hard disk drive of the computer;
means for transmitting the second importance information to the remote computer so that the second importance information is stored to a storage medium which is different from the hard disk drive, without writing any of the second importance information to the hard disk drive when a device configured to write to the storage medium does satisfy predetermined criteria including a capability to deal with an interrupted or non-steady data flow. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116)
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