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Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011

Filed:

Apr. 29, 2005
Applicants:

Darrel Wayne Randall, Danville, IN (US);

Wanda Green Thompson, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Inventors:

Darrel Wayne Randall, Danville, IN (US);

Wanda Green Thompson, Indianapolis, IN (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/048 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A digital consumer product having a menu system includes an audit trail system having an audit trail management system that removes screens from an audit trail triggered by the addition of a new screen to the audit trail. Menu screens and/or video screens are added to the audit trail as navigated by the user and, accordingly, certain screens are removed from the audit trail. The audit trail management system also provides the ability to store two or more instances of full-screen video and all intervening screens, the ability to provide all data and temporary state information for all screens stored in the audit trail and the ability to restore and refresh them, the ability to retain partial screens and screen objects and the ability to restore and refresh them, and the ability to remove any or all stored screens.


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