Patent ID: 8977112
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing, by a media content provider subsystem, an online recording manager service for access by a user; providing, by the media content provider subsystem, an online content management service for access by the user; receiving, by the media content provider subsystem through the online recording manager service, a recording request initiated by the user to record a television content program; publishing, by the media content provider subsystem in response to the recording request received through the online recording manager service, data representative of a recording of the television content program to the online content management service for hosted storage, access by the user, and distribution through the online content management service, wherein the publishing comprises providing entitlement data to the online content management service, the entitlement data specifying that the user is entitled to access the recording of the television content program; receiving, by the media content provider subsystem by way of the online content management service, a delete request initiated by the user to delete the recording of the television content program from a collection of digital content associated with the user in the online content management service; dissociating, by the media content provider subsystem in response to the delete request, the recording of the television content program hosted by the online content management service from the user by updating the entitlement data to specify that the user is no longer entitled to access the recording of the television content program by way of the online content management service; and maintaining, by the media content provider subsystem after updating the entitlement data, the recording of the television content program hosted by the online content management service.