Patent ID: 7532809
Filing Date: 2009-05-12
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for automated personal video recording, the method comprising: creating a pool, including assigning storage space to the pool; wherein assigning storage space to the pool comprises allocating storage space from at least one user to the pool, the user being a user having free space; authorizing lending from a pool including creating a lending authorization record identifying a pool as a lender; authorizing lending to a group including creating a lending authorization record identifying a group as a borrower; selecting a lender from among one or more lenders, wherein the selecting is carried out in dependence upon a deficit amount, the lenders comprise at least one user having free storage space and at least one pool having free storage space; borrowing, in dependence upon the deficit amount, from the selected lender for a borrower, at least one loan amount of storage space, the borrower having allocated storage space on the PVR optionally including free space; and recording a show for the borrower, the show having a storage space requirement exceeding the borrower's free space by the deficit amount.