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Systems and methods for managing storage space

  • US 9,264,656 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2014
  • Issued: 02/16/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for managing storage space of media assets stored on a storage device, the method comprising:

  • receiving a selection of a media asset;

    determining, using control circuitry, whether the selected media asset belongs to a series, wherein an order is assigned to media assets in the series;

    in response to determining that the selected media asset belongs to the series, retrieving information regarding a last viewed media asset of the series;

    determining, using the control circuitry, whether the last viewed media asset is subsequent to the selected media asset in the order assigned to media assets in the series; and

    in response to determining that the last viewed media asset is subsequent to the selected media asset in the order assigned to the media assets in the series, transmitting an instruction to remove the selected media asset from the storage device.

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