Methods and Systems for Resolving Recording Conflicts in a Hybrid Cloud-Local Digital Video Recording System

A method comprising:

• detecting, by a cloud-based service provider system remote from and in communication with a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system by way of a network, an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for the local DVR system to record a media program during a presentation time period;
• identifying, by the cloud-based service provider system in response to the detecting of the input command, a conflict associated with the request for the local DVR system to record the media program;
• performing, by the cloud-based service provider system in response to the identifying of the conflict, at least one prioritization operation included in a series of sequential prioritization operations to determine a relative priority of media programs that are at least one of scheduled to be recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period and currently recorded in a memory of the local DVR system, the series of sequential prioritization operations including a plurality of prioritization operations that are arranged in a predefined order and are configured to be performed sequentially in turn until the conflict is resolved;
• and
• automatically performing, by the cloud-based service provider system based on the performing of the at least one prioritization operation included in the series of sequential prioritization operations, a predetermined action to resolve the conflict and facilitate the local DVR system recording the media program.

A system comprising:

• at least one physical cloud computing device remote from and in communication with a local digital video recording (“DVR”) system by way of a network and that:
• detects an input command provided by a user during a scheduling session and representative of a request for the local DVR system to record a media program during a presentation time period;
• identifies, in response to the detection of the input command, a conflict associated with the request for the local DVR system to record the media program;
• performs in response to the identification of the conflict, a first prioritization operation to determine a first relative priority of media programs that are at least one of scheduled to be recorded by the local DVR system at any given time during the presentation time period and currently recorded in a memory of the local DVR system;
• determines, after the at least one physical cloud computing device performs the first prioritization operation, that the first prioritization operation does not result in a prioritization of the media programs that will facilitate resolving the conflict and recording the media program;
• performs, in response to the determining that the first prioritization operation does not result in the prioritization of the media programs that will facilitate resolving the conflict and recording the media program, a second prioritization operation to determine a second relative priority of the media programs;
• and
• automatically performs, based on the performance of the second prioritization operation and without requiring an additional input from the user, a predetermined action to resolve the conflict and facilitate the local DVR system recording the media program.