Patent ID: 9426407
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of representing allocation of storage unit capacity within an audio/video (AV) recording device, comprising 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, comprised of 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; and 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.