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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2001
David X. Zhang, San Jose, CA (US);
Kenneth C. Yeager, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Steven T. Peltier, Mountain View, CA (US);
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An information capturing device ( ) includes a controller ( ) and a memory ( ). The controller ( ) partitions a memory space of the memory ( ) into a plurality of memory blocks ( ). The controller ( ) controls the storage of received information into a first set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ). The controller ( ) continues to store received information only in the first set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ) through reuse and recycle until a first triggering event occurs. In response to the first triggering event, the controller ( ) halts the storage of received information in the first set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ) and begins storing received information in a second set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ). When the second set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ) has reached its storage capacity, the controller ( ) begins storing received information in a third set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ). The controller ( ) continues to store received information only in the third set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ) through reuse and recycle until a second triggering event occurs. Information pertaining to the first triggering event is maintained in the first set ( ) and the second set ( ) of the plurality of memory blocks ( ).