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US 11,115,711 B2Granted
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AssigneeFlextronics AP, LLC
InventorMikhail Shoykher
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Abstract
A thumbnail management system is provided for an intelligent TV. Thumbnails may accumulate over time and require removal from a data storage device. Thumbnails may expire based, in part, on the type of media they represent, such as broadcast programs, movies, pay-per-view, games, and user content, such as music and images. Thumbnails may also be removed upon removal of the referencing media file.
Claims20
A method of operation of a thumbnail engine of an electronic device, comprising:
- accessing, by a processor associated with the electronic device, a thumbnail image in a storage, the thumbnail image being associated with a media file;
- upon an occurrence of a thumbnail expiration event, marking the thumbnail image for deletion, wherein the thumbnail expiration event comprises deletion of the associated media file;
- and
- upon an occurrence of a delete event, the delete event being different from the thumbnail expiration event, and determining that the thumbnail image is marked for deletion, deleting the thumbnail image from the storage;
- and
- wherein the delete event occurs upon determining that an amount of free space in the storage is below a threshold free space value to increase the amount of free space.
3 more elements
An electronic device, comprising:
- a storage;
- a processor;
- wherein the storage contains a thumbnail associated with a media file;
- wherein the processor automatically marks the thumbnail for deletion upon a determination that an expiration event occurred, the expiration event being different from a delete event and wherein the expiration event comprises a determination that the associated media file has been deleted from the storage;
- and
- wherein the processor detects an occurrence of the delete event and, in response thereto, deletes the marked thumbnail;
- and
- wherein the delete event occurs upon determining that an amount of free space in the storage is below a threshold free space value to increase the amount of free space.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium with instructions thereon to cause a computer to perform:
- creating a thumbnail image associated with a media;
- storing a thumbnail image in a storage associated with an electronic device;
- associating the thumbnail image with the media;
- upon an occurrence of a thumbnail expiration event, marking the thumbnail image for deletion, wherein the thumbnail expiration event comprises deletion of the associated media;
- and
- upon an occurrence of a delete event different from the thumbnail expiration event, deleting the thumbnail image;
- and
- wherein the delete event occurs upon determining that an amount of free space in the storage is below a threshold free space value to increase the amount of free space.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.