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Managing content on an electronic device

  • US 10,430,047 B2
  • Filed: 08/26/2015
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electronic device comprising:

  • one or more processors; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by the one or more processors, wherein the instructions program the one or more processors to;

    select, by the electronic device, a content item from a plurality of content items based on at least one of how much storage space each content item uses, or an amount of storage space remaining on the electronic device;

    downsize a first version of the selected content item having a first resolution to generate a second version of the selected content item having a second resolution, wherein the second resolution is lower than the first resolution;

    store the second version of the selected content item on a storage on the electronic device;

    send, to a network storage, the first version of the selected content item having the first resolution;

    indicate that the first version of the selected content item having the first resolution is to be deleted from the storage on the electronic device;

    receive, from an application executing on the electronic device, a request to access the selected content item;

    determine, by the electronic device, a content item resolution based at least in part on identifying the application from which the request is received; and

    send, to the network storage, a communication for a particular version of the content item when the determined content item resolution is higher than the second resolution.

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