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Method for storing digital information in write-once memory array

  • US 6,584,541 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2000
  • Issued: 06/24/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An acquisition/playback device comprising:

  • a re-writable digital memory;

    a mode selection switch controllable by a user to select a first mode of operation or a second mode of operation;

    a controller in communication with the mode selection switch;

    wherein, in response to the first mode of operation being selected, the controller;

    (a) stores digital information acquired by the acquisition/playback device in the re-writable digital memory as a stored digital file;

    (b) presents at least part of the stored digital file for user review; and

    (c) performs one of the two following acts;

    (1) in response to a first user command, selectively stores at least part of the stored digital file in a solid-state, write-once memory array of a modular, portable memory device coupled with the acquisition/playback device;

    (2) in response to a second user command, clears the stored digital file from the re-writable digital memory without storing any part of the stored digital file in a solid-state, write-once memory array of a modular, portable memory device coupled with the acquisition/playback device; and

    wherein, in response to the second mode of operation being selected, the controller stores digital information acquired by the acquisition/playback device in a solid-state, write-once memory array of a modular, portable memory device coupled with the acquisition/playback device without receiving an additional user command.

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