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US 2006/0143644 A1Published application
Deletion order list for automatic video recorders
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsWilhelmus Franciscus Verhaegh, Petrus Meuleman
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Abstract
A HHD-based video recorder has a content manager that indicates to the user which recorded content items are eligible for being deleted and in what order they are going to be deleted to free up storage capacity for content to be newly recorded.
Claims12
A data processing system for recording content items in a storage medium, wherein:
- the system maintains a list with at least a particular one of the recorded content items scheduled for being deleted from the storage medium to provide storage capacity for a new content item scheduled for being recorded;
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- the system has an output for providing a representation of the list indicating an order wherein the particular recorded items are scheduled for being deleted.
A method of providing a service to a user, the method comprising:
- controlling storage capacity for storing electronic content items;
- maintaining a list with at least a particular one of the recorded content items scheduled for being deleted to provide storage capacity for a new content item scheduled for being recorded;
- and
- providing a representation of the list indicating an order wherein the particular items are scheduled for being deleted.
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Software for installation on a PVR for:
- enabling to maintain a list with one or more particular ones of multiple content items recorded at the PVR that are scheduled for being deleted to provide storage capacity for a new content item scheduled for being recorded;
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- for enabling to provide a representation of the list indicating an order wherein the particular items are scheduled for being deleted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.