Cloud-enabled network-based digital video recorder

A system comprising:

• at least one memory storing computer-executable instructions;
• and
• at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to access the at least one memory and to execute the computer-executable instructions to:
• generate a first time-shift buffer and a second time-shift buffer;
• receive, from a client device on behalf of a user account, a first group of content segments associated with first live content of a first content asset in the first time-shift buffer, wherein the system is in communication with the user account via a network;
• receive a first request to record the first live content;
• transform the first live content to a first recorded content asset based at least in part on the first group of content segments, wherein the first recorded content asset is recorded in storage that has a storage quota associated with the user account;
• receive, from the client device on behalf of the user account, a second group of content segments associated with second live content in the second time-shift buffer;
• receive, while continuing to receive the first group of content segments, a second request to record the second live content;
• transform the second live content to a second recorded content asset based at least in part on the second group of content segments, wherein the second recorded content asset is recorded in the storage;
• create a first asset record associated with the first recorded content asset and a second asset record associated with the second recorded content asset;
• determine that the first recorded content asset corresponds to a first content asset and a first portion of the first content asset is modified in the first recorded content asset;
• retrieve the first content asset from a source;
• replace the first recorded content asset using the first content asset;
• generate a first manifest file, based at least in part on determining that the first portion of the first content asset was modified;
• and
• generate, based at least in part on the second asset record, a second manifest file associated with the second recorded content asset.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• generating, by a network-based digital video recording (nDVR) system comprising one or more computers, a first time-shift buffer and a second time-shift buffer;
• receiving, from a user account via a client device by the nDVR system, a first group of content segments associated with first live content of a first content asset in the first time-shift buffer, wherein the nDVR system is in communication with the user account via a network;
• receiving, by the nDVR system, a first request to record the first live content;
• transforming, by the nDVR system, the first live content to a first recorded content asset based at least in part on the first group of content segments, wherein the first recorded content asset is recorded in storage that has a storage quota associated with the user account;
• receiving, by the nDVR system, a second group of content segments associated with second live content in the second time-shift buffer;
• receiving, by the nDVR system, while continuing to receive the first group of content segments, a second request to record the second live content;
• transforming, by the nDVR system, the second live content to a second recorded content asset based at least in part on the second group of content segments, wherein the second recorded content asset is recorded in the storage;
• creating, by the nDVR system, a first asset record associated with the first recorded content asset and a second asset record associated with the second recorded content asset;
• determining, by the nDVR system, that the first recorded content asset corresponds to a first content asset and a first portion of the first content asset is modified in the first recorded content asset;
• retrieving, by the nDVR system, the first content asset from a source;
• replacing, by the nDVR system, the first recorded content asset using the first content asset;
• generating, by the nDVR system, a first manifest file based at least in part on determining that the first portion of the first content asset was modified, a first manifest file;
• generating, by the nDVR system, based at least in part on the second asset record, a second manifest file associated with the second recorded content asset;
• storing, by the nDVR system, the first manifest file in a directory associated with the user account;
• and
• storing, by the nDVR system, the second manifest file in the directory associated with the user account.