Method and system for error correction of a storage media
View Patent ↗A data file on a storage media is processed during playback or execution to identify unreadable data. Replacement data corresponding to the unreadable data is obtained over a communications network, and the replacement data is used to playback or execute the data file as if the data file does not contain any unreadable data.
1. A method for identifying a problem with writing data to a storage media comprising:
generating, by a processor, a correction record based on a request, provided over a communication network, to replace unreadable data of a data file identified during an operation of reading the data file from a storage media,
wherein the correction record includes information indicating one or more certain types of storage media for which a request to replace unreadable data of a particular data file stored thereon, the request including an identifier of the particular data file and an identifier of a particular storage media corresponding to the storage media, is provided over the network, such that a problem with writing a properly received data file to a specific type of storage media is identifiable.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the correction record includes information indicating at least one of (i) an identity of a particular storage media for which a request to replace unreadable data of a particular data file stored thereon is provided over the network or (ii) a number of times a request to replace unreadable data of the particular data file on the particular storage media is provided over the network.
3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
receiving, at the processor over the communications network, the request to replace unreadable data from a reproduction apparatus that performs the operation of reading the data file from the storage media.
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
controlling, by the processor, transmission to the reproduction apparatus, over the communication network, of replacement data responsive to the request.
5. An apparatus for identifying a problem with writing data to a storage media, the apparatus comprising:
a controller that generates a correction record based on a request, provided over a communication network, to replace unreadable data of a data file identified during an operation of reading the data file from a storage media,
wherein the correction record includes information indicating one or more certain types of storage media for which a request to replace unreadable data of a particular data file stored thereon, the request including an identifier of the particular data file and an identifier of a particular storage media corresponding to the storage media, is provided over the network, such that a problem with writing a properly received data file to a specific type of storage media is identifiable.
6. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the correction record includes information indicating at least one of (i) an identity of a particular storage media for which a request to replace unreadable data of a particular data file stored thereon is provided over the network or (ii) a number of times a request to replace unreadable data of the particular data file on the particular storage media is provided over the network.
7. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the processor controls transmission of replacement data responsive to the request.
8. The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the replacement data includes a data packet of a master data file contained in an archival memory, the master data file corresponding to the data file of the request.