System and method for classifying recorded content for deletion

A system for classifying recorded content for deletion, the system comprising:

• control circuitry configured to:
• receive a first data packet containing information about a first event corresponding to a recorded media asset;
• access a recorded media asset properties data structure to retrieve a first deletion classifier associated with the recorded media asset;
• store, in a deletion classification database, a plurality of rule entries for classifying recorded media assets into a plurality of deletion classifiers, wherein:
• each rule entry of the plurality of rule entries comprises a trigger event field, an initial deletion classifier field and a final deletion classifier field, and
• each rule entry comprises an instruction, for a given recorded media asset associated with a value corresponding to the initial deletion classifier field, for updating a deletion classifier associated with the given recorded media asset from the value corresponding to the initial deletion classifier field to a value corresponding to the final deletion classifier field in response to detecting an event corresponding to a value of the trigger event field;
• query the deletion classification database for a first rule entry, wherein a value corresponding to a trigger event field associated with the first rule entry matches the first event and a value corresponding to a initial deletion classifier field associated with the first rule entry matches the first deletion classifier;
• retrieve, based on the querying, the first rule entry that is associated with both the first event and the first deletion classifier;
• retrieve a value corresponding to a final deletion classifier field associated with the first rule entry, wherein the value corresponding to the final deletion classifier field associated with the first rule entry is a second deletion classifier;
• and
• update the recorded media asset properties data structure by substituting the first deletion classifier associated with the recorded media asset with the second deletion classifier.