Notification of a pending digital video recorder deletion event

• US 8,924,427 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2013
• Issued: 12/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Amsterdam, Jeffrey D., Bhogal, Kulvir S., Boss, Gregory J., Hamilton, Rick A. II, O'Connell, Brian M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perveen, Rehana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Hershley, Mark E
• Application Number:
  US13/888,735
• Publication Number:
  US 20130243400A1
• Time in Patent Office: 602 Days
• Field of Search: 707/793
• US Class Current: 707/793
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4335 Housekeeping operations, e.g. prioritizing content for deletion because of storage space restrictions storage management, e.g. defragmentation G06F3/0604; unloading stored programs G06F9/445; storage management in file systems G06F16/10; buffering arrangements in a network node or in an end terminal in packet networks H04L49/90
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4424 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the client device, e.g. CPU or memory load, processing speed, timer, counter or percentage of the hard disk space used error monitoring in general G06F11/30; arrangements for monitoring conditions of receiving stations in broadcast systems H04H60/32; diagnosis, testing or measuring for television receivers H04N17/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4882 for displaying messages, e.g. warnings, reminders arrangements for providing short real-time information to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1895
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/79 Processing of colour television signals in connection with recording

Abstract

A method and system for early notification of a pending deletion event of deleting a recording. Notification options are configured. The notification options are maintained with respect to a user profile associated with a user. Configuring the notification options includes (i) configuring a notification interval between successive notifications of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording and (ii) configuring a notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording that was recorded by another user. The notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording is sent to the user via a notification method.

Claims

1. A method for early notification of a pending deletion event of deleting a recording, said method comprising:

a processor of a computer system configuring a plurality of notification options maintained with respect to a user profile associated with a first user, said configuring the plurality of notification options comprising (i) configuring a notification interval between successive notifications to the first user of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording and (ii) configuring a notification to the first user of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording that was recorded by another user and was not selected to be recorded by the first user; and

said processor sending, to the first user via a notification method, the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording.

2. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

before said configuring the plurality of notification options, said processor scheduling the recording by a digital play back device.

3. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

before said sending the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording, said processor receiving a selection, from the first user, of the notification method.

4. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

said processor delaying the pending deletion event of deleting the recording by a specified magnitude of time delay.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprising:

said processor marking the recording to be saved until storage space used to store the recording is needed by a new recording;

after said marking, said processor scheduling the new recording;

after said scheduling, said processor ascertaining that additional space is needed to store the new recording; and

in response to said ascertaining, said processor deleting the recording to provide the additional space needed to store the new recording.

6. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

after said configuring the plurality of notification options and before said sending the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording to the first user, said processor checking the plurality of notification options at a specified time before the pending deletion event of deleting the recording to determine whether the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording can be sent to the first user.

7. The method of claim 3, wherein the notification method selected by the first user is selected from the group consisting of electronic mail, SMS (Short Message Service), phone, instant message, and pager.

8. The method of claim 1, said method further comprising:

after said sending to the first user the notification of the pending deletion event, said processor receiving from the first user an instruction to delete the recording, which satisfies a necessary condition for deleting the recording.

9. A computer system comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable hardware storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code configured to be executed by the processor via the memory to implement a method for early notification of a pending deletion event by a digital play back device, said method comprising:

said processor configuring a plurality of notification options maintained with respect to a user profile associated with a first user, said configuring the plurality of notification options comprising (i) configuring a notification interval between successive notifications to the first user of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording and (ii) configuring a notification to the first user of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording that was recorded by another user and was not selected to be recorded by the first user; and

said processor sending, to the first user via a notification method, the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording.

10. The computer system of claim 9, said method further comprising:

before said configuring the plurality of notification options, said processor scheduling the recording by a digital play back device.

11. The computer system of claim 9, said method further comprising:

before said sending the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording, said processor receiving a selection, from the first user, of the notification method.

12. The computer system of claim 9, said method further comprising:

said processor delaying the pending deletion event of deleting the recording by a specified magnitude of time delay.

13. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the method further comprising:

said processor marking the recording to be saved until storage space used to store the recording is needed by a new recording;

after said marking, said processor scheduling the new recording;

after said scheduling, said processor ascertaining that additional space is needed to store the new recording; and

in response to said ascertaining, said processor deleting the recording to provide the additional space needed to store the new recording.

14. The computer system of claim 9, said method further comprising:

after said sending to the first user the notification of the pending deletion event, said processor receiving from the first user an instruction to delete the recording, which satisfies a necessary condition for deleting the recording.

15. A computer readable hardware storage device comprising computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions configured to be executed by a processor of a computer system to implement a method for early notification of a pending deletion event by a digital play back device, said method comprising:

said processor configuring a plurality of notification options maintained with respect to a user profile associated with a first user, said configuring the plurality of notification options comprising (i) configuring a notification interval between successive notifications to the first user of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording and (ii) configuring a notification to the first user of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording that was recorded by another user and was not selected to be recorded by the first user; and

said processor sending, to the first user via a notification method, the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording.

16. The storage device of claim 15, said method further comprising:

before said configuring the plurality of notification options, said processor scheduling the recording by a digital play back device.

17. The storage device of claim 15, said method further comprising:

before said sending the notification of the pending deletion event of deleting the recording, said processor receiving a selection, from the first user, of the notification method.

18. The storage device of claim 15, said method further comprising:

said processor delaying the pending deletion event of deleting the recording by a specified magnitude of time delay.

19. The storage device of claim 15, wherein the method further comprising:

said processor marking the recording to be saved until storage space used to store the recording is needed by a new recording;

after said marking, said processor scheduling the new recording;

after said scheduling, said processor ascertaining that additional space is needed to store the new recording; and

in response to said ascertaining, said processor deleting the recording to provide the additional space needed to store the new recording.

20. The storage device of claim 15, said method further comprising:

after said sending to the first user the notification of the pending deletion event, said processor receiving from the first user an instruction to delete the recording, which satisfies a necessary condition for deleting the recording.