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Optimizing use of storage space in a video data recording system

  • US 20020110353A1
  • Filed: 02/09/2001
  • Published: 08/15/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. In a video data recording system that is associated with a television on which a program can be displayed and includes a storage device for storing video data associated with the program, a method for optimizing the use of available storage space on the storage device, the method comprising the acts of:

  • receiving a request by a viewer for the system to record a first program on the storage device;

    selectively assigning a first tag to said first program;

    applying recording rules to said first tag to determine whether the request to record said first program is to be fulfilled; and

    if it is determined that the request is to be fulfilled, automatically programming the system to record the video data associated with said first program on the storage device.

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