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Method and apparatus for buffering an incoming information signal for subsequent recording

  • US 6,363,440 B1
  • Filed: 11/13/1998
  • Issued: 03/26/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for storing an information signal for subsequent recording, comprising:

  • receiving an incoming information signal;

    identifying a starting point in the information signal;

    storing at least a portion of the information signal in a memory as it is received including the identified starting point;

    receiving a command to record the information signal, the recording command occurring subsequent to the starting point of the information signal; and

    recording the information signal from the memory beginning with the starting point of the information signal such that the information signal may be recorded in entirety.

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