Personal video recording with apportioned loans of storage space
First Claim
1. A method for automated personal video recording, the method comprising:
- recording, for a group comprising a number of members, a show having a storage space requirement, wherein each of the members has allocated storage space on a personal video recorder (“
PVR”
) optionally including free space;
apportioning the show'"'"'s storage space requirement, including apportioning to each member an apportioned amount of the show'"'"'s storage space requirement.
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Abstract
Automated personal video recording, including recording, for a group comprising a number of members, a show having a storage space requirement, in which each of the members has allocated storage space on a personal video recorder (“PVR”) optionally including free space, and apportioning the show'"'"'s storage space requirement, including apportioning to each member an apportioned amount of the show'"'"'s storage space requirement. When a member'"'"'s apportioned amount of the show'"'"'s storage space requirement exceeds the member'"'"'s free space by a deficit amount: selecting, in dependence upon the deficit amount, one or more lenders; borrowing, in dependence upon the deficit amount, from the lenders for the group, at least one loan amount of storage space; and apportioning the loan amount among the members.
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33 Claims
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1. A method for automated personal video recording, the method comprising:
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recording, for a group comprising a number of members, a show having a storage space requirement, wherein each of the members has allocated storage space on a personal video recorder (“
PVR”
) optionally including free space;
apportioning the show'"'"'s storage space requirement, including apportioning to each member an apportioned amount of the show'"'"'s storage space requirement. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system for automated personal video recording, the system comprising:
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means for recording, for a group comprising a number of members, a show having a storage space requirement, wherein each of the members has allocated storage space on a personal video recorder (“
PVR”
) optionally including free space;
means for apportioning the show'"'"'s storage space requirement, including means for apportioning to each member an apportioned amount of the show'"'"'s storage space requirement. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product for automated personal video recording, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for recording, for a group comprising a number of members, a show having a storage space requirement, wherein each of the members has allocated storage space on a personal video recorder (“
PVR”
) optionally including free space;
means, recorded on the recording medium, for apportioning the show'"'"'s storage space requirement, including means, recorded on the recording medium, for apportioning to each member an apportioned amount of the show'"'"'s storage space requirement. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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