METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR STORING A DATA STREAM

摘要

The invention relates to a method and apparatus for storing a data stream in a memory, the data stream comprising a stream of audiovisual data and at least one data object associated with the stream of audiovisual data, the method comprising the step of separating the data object from the stream of audiovisual data, wherein the method comprises the steps of: checking whether at least one further data object similar to the data object comprised by the stream has already been stored in the memory; when a similar data object has been stored previously, storing the data object in such a way that only one of said similar data objects is stored in the memory; when no similar data object has been stored previously, storing the data object comprised in the data stream in the memory.