Cloud dvr system with retroactive recording

A cloud digital video recorder method comprising:

• receiving broadcast content;
• generating a plurality of different time-period, non-user initiated, recording requests;
• receiving a plurality of user-initiated recording requests of a plurality of users;
• receiving the plurality of different time-period, non-user initiated, recording requests;
• recording the broadcast content into a content storage according to the plurality of user-initiated recording requests and the plurality of different time-period, non-user initiated, recording requests;
• receiving a user-initiated retroactive recording request for a first portion of the broadcast content which has already been recorded to the content storage;
• and
• generating a pseudo-recording from the first portion of the broadcast content stored in the content storage according to the user-initiated retroactive recording request, wherein generating the pseudo-recording comprises:
• duplicating the first portion of the broadcast content in the content storage yielding the pseudo-recording,
• generating a record in the recording database for the user-initiated retroactive recording request linking the user-initiated retroactive recording request to the pseudo-recording in the content storage, and
• generating a record in the recording database for the user-initiated retroactive recording request linking to the portion of the broadcast content already stored in the content storage in response to previous recording requests.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores a set of instructions which when executed perform a method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

• receiving broadcast content;
• generating a plurality of different time-period, non-user initiated, recording requests;
• receiving a plurality of user-initiated recording requests of a plurality of users;
• receiving the plurality of different time-period, non-user initiated, recording requests;
• recording the broadcast content into a content storage according to the plurality of user-initiated recording requests and the plurality of different time-period, non-user initiated, recording requests;
• receiving a user-initiated retroactive recording request for a first portion of the broadcast content which has already been recorded to the content storage;
• and
• generating a pseudo-recording from the first portion of the broadcast content stored in the content storage according to the user-initiated retroactive recording request, wherein generating the pseudo-recording comprises:
• duplicating the first portion of the broadcast content in the content storage yielding the pseudo-recording,
• generating a record in the recording database for the user-initiated retroactive recording request linking the user-initiated retroactive recording request to the pseudo-recording in the content storage, and
• generating a record in the recording database for the user-initiated retroactive recording request linking to the portion of the broadcast content already stored in the content storage in response to previous recording requests.