Tracking of partially viewed shows so that they can be marked for deletion when a personal video recorder runs out of space
First Claim
1. A method for managing a plurality of video data stored on a storage device, the method comprising:
- (a) determining whether sufficient storage space remains on the storage device to store a desired video content;
(b) if sufficient storage space does not exist on the storage device to store the desired video content, determining whether any video content of the plurality of video data stored on the storage device has been partially viewed; and
(c) if video content stored on the storage device has been partially viewed, deleting the partially viewed video content to make room for storage of the desired video content on the storage device.
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Abstract
A method for managing a plurality of video data stored on a storage device. The method including the steps of: determining whether sufficient storage space remains on the storage device to store a desired video content; if sufficient storage space does not exist on the storage device to store the desired video content, determining whether any video content of the plurality of video data stored on the storage device has been partially viewed; and if video content stored on the storage device has been partially viewed, deleting the partially viewed video content to make room for storage of the desired video content on the storage device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for managing a plurality of video data stored on a storage device, the method comprising:
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(a) determining whether sufficient storage space remains on the storage device to store a desired video content;
(b) if sufficient storage space does not exist on the storage device to store the desired video content, determining whether any video content of the plurality of video data stored on the storage device has been partially viewed; and
(c) if video content stored on the storage device has been partially viewed, deleting the partially viewed video content to make room for storage of the desired video content on the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12)
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7. The method of 5, wherein the partially viewed video content is further date tagged indicating a date on which the video content was partially viewed, wherein the deleting comprises:
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ordering the partially viewed video content in sequential order according to their corresponding date tag; and
deleting the partially viewed video content having the oldest date tag. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. The method of 5, wherein the partially viewed video content is further recommender tagged indicating a likelihood that a viewer would enjoy viewing the partially viewed video content, wherein the deleting comprises:
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determining whether the partially viewed video content has a positive recommendation from the recommender tag; and
deleting the partially viewed video content having a recommender tag indicating the viewer would be unlikely to enjoy viewing thereof. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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13. A personal video recorder comprising:
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a storage device for storing video data, the video data comprising a plurality of video content; and
a processor for retrieving one of the plurality of video content from the storage device for viewing, determining whether the viewed video content is partially viewed, and tagging the viewed video content as being partially viewed. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for managing a plurality of video data stored on a storage device, the method comprising:
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determining whether sufficient storage space remains on the storage device to store a desired video content;
if sufficient storage space does not exist on the storage device to store the desired video content, determining whether any video content of the plurality of video data stored on the storage device has been partially viewed; and
if video content stored on the storage device has been partially viewed, deleting the partially viewed video content to make room for storage of the desired video content on the storage device.
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20. A computer program product embodied in a computer-readable medium for managing a plurality of video data stored on a storage device, the computer program product comprising:
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computer readable program code means for determining whether sufficient storage space remains on the storage device to store a desired video content;
computer readable program code means for determining whether any video content of the plurality of video data stored on the storage device has been partially viewed if sufficient storage space does not exist on the storage device to store the desired video content; and
computer readable program code means for deleting the partially viewed video content to make room for storage of the desired video content on the storage device if video content stored on the storage device has been partially viewed.
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