Allocating digital video recorder storage

An apparatus comprising:

• an interface configured to be used to receive a request to create a recording of a piece of content, wherein the request to create the recording of the piece of content is received from a control device;
• one or more modules configured to:
• identify a user associated with the request, wherein the user associated with the request is identified based upon an association between the user and a client device that is identified as being within a predetermined proximity of the apparatus, wherein the client device is identified in response to receiving the request to create the recording of the piece of content;
• based on a determination of the size of available storage in a portion of media storage allocated to the user, determine whether sufficient space is available to store one or more segments of the recording of the piece of content in the portion of media storage allocated to the user;
• and
• if sufficient space is not available to store the one or more segments of the recording of the piece of content in the portion of media storage allocated to the user:
• identify for removal, one or more recordings stored in the portion of media storage allocated to the user;
• and
• remove the identified one or more recordings from the portion of media storage allocated to the user;
• and
• store the recording of the piece of content in the media storage allocated to the user.

One or more non-transitory computer readable media having instructions operable to cause one or more processors to perform the operations comprising:

• receiving, at a multimedia device, a request to create a recording of a piece of content wherein the request to create the recording of the piece of content is received from a control device;
• identifying a user associated with the request, wherein the user associated with the request is identified based upon an association between the user and a client device that is identified as being within a predetermined proximity of the multimedia device, wherein the client device is identified by the multimedia device in response to receiving the request to create the recording of the piece of content;
• based on a determination of the size of available storage in a portion of media storage allocated to the user, determining whether sufficient space is available to store the recording of the piece of content in a portion of media storage allocated to the user;
• and
• if sufficient space is not available to store the recording of the piece of content in the portion of media storage allocated to the user:
• identifying for removal, one or more recordings stored in the portion of media storage allocated to the user;
• and
• removing the identified one or more recordings from the portion of media storage allocated to the user;
• and
• storing the recording of the piece of content in the media storage allocated to the user.