Systems and methods for recording popular media in an interactive media delivery system
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1. A method for recording popular media to an allocated space on a storage device in an interactive media delivery system, comprising:
- dedicating space on the storage device to recording the most popular media among at least a subset of users of the interactive media delivery system;
during a defined period of time, determining the most popular media within the interactive media delivery system and selecting the most popular media for recording, wherein as different media becomes the most popular during the defined period of time the different media is selected; and
recording at least a portion of the selected most popular media to the dedicated space.
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Abstract
In many aspects, systems and methods for recording popular media among a subset of users of an interactive media delivery system using interactive media guidance applications are provided. The systems and methods for recording the popular media generally relate to determining and selecting for recording the popular media according to popularity criteria.
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1. A method for recording popular media to an allocated space on a storage device in an interactive media delivery system, comprising:
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dedicating space on the storage device to recording the most popular media among at least a subset of users of the interactive media delivery system; during a defined period of time, determining the most popular media within the interactive media delivery system and selecting the most popular media for recording, wherein as different media becomes the most popular during the defined period of time the different media is selected; and recording at least a portion of the selected most popular media to the dedicated space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for recording popular media to an allocated space on a storage device in an interactive media delivery system, comprising:
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control circuitry and a storage device, the control circuitry configured to; dedicate space on the storage device to recording the most popular media among at least a subset of users of the interactive media delivery system; during a defined period of time, determine the most popular media within the interactive media delivery system and select the most popular media for recording, wherein as different media becomes the most popular during the defined period of time the different media is selected; and direct the storage device to record at least a portion of the selected most popular media to the dedicated space. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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