Patent ID: 9615117
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: identifying first content relevant to a user; providing a first offer to the user to record the first content, wherein the first offer comprises a first offer price and an access condition; determining a first storage size at least by estimating a size of the first content based on a resolution of the first content; recording, by a computing device, the first content in a storage allocation, wherein the storage allocation comprises a storage space allocated to the user to store the first content, and wherein the storage space allocated to the user is limited to the first storage size; providing access to the stored first content in accordance with the access condition; receiving acceptance of a second offer, comprising a second offer price, to record second content for the user; and providing a third offer to upgrade to a subscription based digital video recording service having a larger allocated storage size than the first storage size based on a determination that payment of the second offer price causes an aggregate cost for recordings of the user to exceed a threshold cost.