Methods and Systems for Resolving Conflicts in a Multi-Tuner Digital Video Recording System

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a conflict resolution system, a conflict associated with a digital video recording (“DVR”) system having a plurality of tuners;
• identifying, by the conflict resolution system, one or more tuners being used to present media content at a time of the detection of the conflict, the one or more tuners included in the plurality of tuners;
• and
• excluding, by the content resolution system, the identified one or more tuners from being used to resolve the conflict.

A system comprising:

• a detection facility configured to detect a request for a digital video recording (“DVR”) system having a plurality of tuners to tune to a media content program at a time during which all of the tuners are tuned to other media content programs;
• a conflict resolution management facility communicatively coupled to the detection facility and configured to
• identify, in response to the request, one or more media content programs included in the other media content programs and that are being presented by the DVR system at the time of the request and one or more media content programs included in the other media content programs and that are only being recorded by the DVR system at the time of the request,
• present, in response to the identification, a conflict resolution interface that includes one or more selectable entries representative of the identified one or more media content programs that are only being recorded by the DVR system at the time of the request, and
• exclude the identified one or more media content programs that are being presented by the DVR system at the time of the request from being represented in the conflict resolution interface.