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Systems and methods for prioritizing the storage location of media data

  • US 8,208,796 B2
  • Filed: 04/17/2006
  • Issued: 06/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving an indication that a media program is to be recorded;

    receiving a user selection of a plurality of logical rules to be applied for storage of the media program, wherein the user selection is limited only to all available logical rules based on the detection of a priority change event, wherein receiving the user selection limited to the subset of all available logical rules comprises receiving, via a window manager configured to provide the available logical rules based on the detected priority change event;

    selecting, from the window manager, one of a plurality of media data storage locations associated with a digital media recorder based on logical rules that prioritize the storage of media data to one of the plurality of storage locations over the other potential storage locations, wherein at least one logical rule compares the relative usage of the plurality of media data storage locations; and

    storing media data representing the media program to the selected media data storage location.

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