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Audit trail management for a menu system in a digital consumer product

  • US 7,870,506 B2
  • Filed: 04/29/2005
  • Issued: 01/11/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/14/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for providing an audit trail in an electronic device, the method comprising the steps of:

  • saving, in a memory of the electronic device, one or more menu screens and video screens representing the audit trail;

    detecting display of a next screen comprising one of a video screen and a menu screen;

    if the next screen is a video screen and a predetermined number of video screens has already been saved in the audit trail, removing one of the predetermined number of video screens from the audit trail before adding the next screen to the audit trail; and

    if the next screen is not a video screen and an existing instance of the next screen has already been saved in the audit trail, removing the existing instance of the next screen and all screens thereafter from the audit trail before adding the next screen to the audit trail.

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