MANAGING DIGITAL VIDEO RECORDER STORAGE FOR A PLURALITY OF USERS
First Claim
1. A method for deleting recorded programs from a multi-user digital video recorder (DVR), the method comprising the steps of:
- a DVR calculating, for each user of a plurality of users of the DVR, a ratio of a number of programs recorded on the DVR for the user to a number of recorded programs deleted from the DVR without viewing, thereby forming a plurality of ratios; and
the DVR determining, utilizing the plurality of ratios, a recorded program to delete from the DVR.
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Abstract
A computer implemented method and apparatus for managing digital video recorder storage for one or more users. Each user in the multi-user environment is assigned an amount of program storage in the digital video recorder. Responsive to receiving a request to record a new program from a user in the multi-user environment, an associated amount of program storage assigned to the use is determined. Responsive to a determination that addition of the new program will not exceed the associated amount of program storage assigned to the user, the new program is recorded to the program storage.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for deleting recorded programs from a multi-user digital video recorder (DVR), the method comprising the steps of:
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a DVR calculating, for each user of a plurality of users of the DVR, a ratio of a number of programs recorded on the DVR for the user to a number of recorded programs deleted from the DVR without viewing, thereby forming a plurality of ratios; and the DVR determining, utilizing the plurality of ratios, a recorded program to delete from the DVR. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product comprising a computer readable tangible storage device and program instructions stored on the computer readable tangible storage device, the program instructions, when carried out by a processor of a digital video recorder (DVR), implement a method for deleting recorded programs from the DVR, the method comprising the steps of:
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the DVR calculating, for each user of a plurality of users of the DVR, a ratio of a number of programs recorded on the DVR for the user to a number of recorded programs deleted from the DVR without viewing, thereby forming a plurality of ratios; and the DVR determining, utilizing the plurality of ratios, a recorded program to delete from the DVR. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A digital video recorder (DVR) comprising a processor and a computer readable tangible storage device, the computer readable tangible storage device storing program instructions that, when carried out by the processor, implement a method for deleting recorded programs from the DVR, the method comprising the steps of:
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the DVR calculating, for each user of a plurality of users of the DVR, a ratio of a number of programs recorded on the DVR for the user to a number of recorded programs deleted from the DVR without viewing, thereby forming a plurality of ratios; and the DVR determining, utilizing the plurality of ratios, a recorded program to delete from the DVR. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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