Patent ID: 9282363
Filing Date: 2016-03-08
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method of managing video programs and associated program components on a storage unit of an electronic device, the method comprising: tracking a total number of playbacks of a media stream that is stored in the storage unit; identifying a set of program components that are available to be concurrently played back with the media stream during playback of the media stream, wherein at least a portion of the set of components is concurrently played back with the media stream during each playback of the media stream; determining, for each program component in the set, a portion of the total number of playbacks in which the program component was played back concurrently with the video program; storing, on the storage unit and based on the determined portion, fewer than all of the program components in the set, wherein the program components stored on the storage unit were played back with the media stream more often than the program component that was played back in a smallest portion of the total number of playbacks; and said tracking, identifying, and determining being performed by electronic components of the electronic device.