Systems, methods, and apparatuses for handling failed media content recordings

A system comprising:

• a communication facility that receives transmitted data representative of a plurality of video based media content instances in accordance with a transmission schedule;
• and
• a media recording facility communicatively coupled to said communication facility and that
• recognizes a failure to record one of said video based media content instances in response to at least a portion of said one of said video based media content instances not being successfully recorded,
• identifies, from a plurality of recording failure event types, a recording failure event type associated with said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances,
• identifies whether said identified recording failure event type is associated with one of a user-caused recording failure and a system-caused recording failure,
• identifies at least one user defined action associated with said identified recording failure event type by accessing a previously stored user selection of an option indicating said at least one action is to be performed in response to at least one of a user-based recording failure event type and a system-based recording failure event type,
• maintains a recording history log,
• adds data representative of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances to said recording history log, said data representative of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances including both information indicative of said identified recording failure event type and information indicative of an initiator that caused said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances,
• provides said recording history log including said data representative of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances for display in a graphical user interface,
• designates, in response to said recognizing of said failure to record one of said video based media content instances, said one of said video based media content instances for consideration for at least one future recording opportunity in accordance with said at least one user defined action associated with said identified recording failure event type, and
• searches, in response to said designating of said one of said video based media content instances for consideration for at least one future recording opportunity, program guide data for said one of said video based media content instances;
• wherein:
• said designating of said one of said video based media content instances is performed automatically when said recording failure event type is associated with said system-caused recording failure;
• and
• said designating of said one of said video based media content instances is performed after receiving a confirmation from a user to designate said one of said video based media content instances for consideration for said at least one future recording opportunity when said recording failure event type is associated with said user-caused recording failure.

An apparatus comprising:

• at least one processor;
• a data storage facility communicatively coupled to said at least one processor;
• and
• a media recording application tangibly embodied on a computer-readable medium communicatively coupled to said at least one processor and that directs said at least one processor to
• schedule a recording of data representative of one of said video based media content instances to said data storage facility,
• recognize a failure to record said one of said video based media content instances as scheduled in response to at least a portion of said one of said video based media content instances not being successfully recorded,
• identify, from a plurality of recording failure event types, a recording failure event type associated with said failure to record said one of said video based media content instance,
• identify whether said identified recording failure event type is associated with one of a user-caused recording failure and a system-caused recording failure,
• identify at least one user defined action associated with said identified recording failure event type by accessing a previously stored user selection of an option indicating said at least one action is to be performed in response to at least one of a user-based recording failure event type and a system-based recording failure event type,
• maintain a recording history log,
• add data representative of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances to said recording history log, said data representative of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances including both information indicative of said identified recording failure event type and information indicative of an initiator that caused said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances,
• provide said recording history log including said data representative of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances for display in a graphical user interface,
• designate, in response to said recognizing of said failure to record said one of said video based media content instances, said one of said video based media content instances for consideration for at least one future recording opportunity in accordance with said at least one user defined action associated with said identified recording failure event type, and
• search, in response to said designating of said one of said video based media content instances for consideration for at least one future recording opportunity, program guide data for said one of said video based media content instances;
• wherein:
• said designating of said one of said video based media content instances is performed automatically when said recording failure event type is associated with said system-caused recording failure;
• and
• said designating of said one of said video based media content instance is performed after said media recording application receives a confirmation from a user to designate said one of said video based media content instance for consideration for said at least one future recording opportunity when said recording failure event type is associated with said user-caused recording failure.