Appeal No. 1998-1397 Page 4
Application No. 08/482,905
21. A method for editing video material using a
video source device storing video source material, a
storage device having faster access speed than the
video source device, and a display coupled to the
storage device, comprising the steps of:
transferring only a portion of a first
video scene from the video source device to the
storage device, the portion being a plurality of
sequential video frames of the first video
scene;
displaying on the display at least a part
of the transferred video scene, the displayed
part thereby representing all of the video
scene; automatically transferring
only a portion of a second video scene from the
video source device to the storage device when
needed, the portion being a plurality of
sequential video frames of the second video
scene;
automatically deleting at least a part of
the portion of the first video scene from the
storage device when needed, thereby to provide
additional storage capacity on the storage
device; and
creating an edit decision list of edit
decisions for the video material.
The references relied on in rejecting the claims follow:
Westland 4,685,003 Aug. 4, 1987
Izeki et al. (Izeki) 4,974,178 Nov. 27, 1990
(filed Nov. 20, 1987)
Mita et al. (Mita) 5,060,280 Oct. 22, 1991
(filed Mar. 22, 1990).
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