Patent ID: 9571882
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method of operating a recording device, comprising: receiving a request to record first content; setting a recording timer for recording the first content; determining, prior to start of a recording time used to trigger recording of the first content, whether or not the local storage included in said recording device has sufficient available recording space to record said first content, said determining being performed as part of determining if previously recorded content should be moved from said local storage to a network storage device to increase space available on said local storage included in the recording device to allow for recording of the first content; when it is determined that said local storage does not have sufficient available recording space to record said first content: i) determining that previously recorded content, in amount sufficient to free up enough local storage space to allow for recording of said first content, should be moved from said local storage to the network storage device; and when it is determined that previously recorded content should be moved from said local storage to said network storage device to increase space available on said local storage, i) identifying content to be moved to said network storage device based on local storage priorities of individual pieces of content stored on said local storage, said identifying being based on which previously recorded content on the local storage device has a lowest user indicated priority among the previously recorded content and ii) moving the identified content to the network storage device; and recording the first content on the local storage device.