Method and apparatus for representing storage capacity allocation of an audio/video recording device

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including program instructions that instruct a computer to perform a method of representing allocation of storage unit capacity within an audio/video (AV) recording device, comprising instructions to perform the steps of:

• identifying a quantity of AV program data stored on said storage unit;
• obtaining a storage schedule for new AV program data to be stored on said storage unit in a predetermined period of time, comprising first AV program data and second different AV program data defined over a predetermined time period, wherein the storage schedule indicates that the new AV program data is scheduled for recordation in the predetermined time period;
• obtaining a deletion schedule for a plurality of old AV program data stored in the said storage unit defined over said predetermined time period, wherein the deletion schedule indicates that the plurality of old AV program data is scheduled for deletion in the predetermined time period;
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• producing temporally dynamic indicia representative of allocation of said capacity of said storage unit over said predetermined time period in response to said quantity of AV program data, said storage schedule, and said deletion schedule, wherein said temporally dynamic indicia further represents a change in said capacity of said storage unit over said predetermined time period,
• further wherein said predetermined time period is a future time period which is an elapsed time from a current time of the step of identifying said quantity of AV program data stored on said storage unit.

An apparatus for representing allocation of capacity of a storage unit within an audio/video (AV) recording device, comprising:

• a processor that identifies a quantity of AV program data stored on said storage unit;
• said processor that obtains a storage schedule for new AV program data to be stored on said storage unit in a predetermined period of time, comprising first AV program data and second different AV program data defined over a predetermined time period, wherein the storage schedule indicates that the new AV program data is scheduled for recordation in the predetermined time period;
• said processor that further obtains a deletion schedule for a plurality of old AV program data stored in the said storage unit defined over said predetermined time period, wherein the deletion schedule indicates that the plurality of old AV program data is scheduled for deletion in the predetermined time period;
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• an I/O interface that produces temporally dynamic indicia representative of allocation of said capacity of said storage unit over said predetermined time period in response to said quantity of AV program data, said storage schedule, and said deletion schedule, wherein said temporally dynamic indicia further represents a change in said capacity of said storage unit over said predetermined time period,
• further wherein said predetermined time period is a future time period which is an elapsed time from a current time of identifying said quantity of AV program data stored on said storage unit.