Patent ID: 7680993
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: G11B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for managing the storage of digital assets in a storage device comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a digital asset intended for local storage in a storage device that has been pushed down from a source, the storage device having a finite capacity storage space for storing digital assets, (b) assigning a rank order to each received digital asset stored in the storage device, and (c) repeatedly examining the assigned rank orders of one or more of the digital assets stored in the storage device and selectively deleting a digital asset having a rank order that is lowest among the examined rank orders, wherein each rank order is assignable based on predefined default ranking rules and user instructions pertaining to one or more of the digital assets that are capable of causing a deviation from the default ranking rules, and wherein the default ranking rules comprise one or more of the following: