Patent ID: 8571387
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for administration of storage space requirements on a multi-user personal video recorder (“PVR”), the method comprising: storing in a memory of the PVR information defining an amount of storage space in the PVR that is allocated to a user; recording by the PVR a show for the user of the PVR in the user's allocated storage space, the show having an estimated storage space requirement; incrementing the show's estimated storage space requirement in accordance with a predetermined over-allocation rate, the over-allocation rate being determined based on a genre of the show, to compensate for a risk of underestimation of the storage space requirement; calculating in the PVR an amount of free storage space associated with the user based on the user's allocated storage space and the incremented estimated storage space requirement of the show; and in response to the amount of free storage space associated with the user being smaller than the incremented estimated storage space requirement of the show, adjusting in the PVR the user's allocated storage space based on a privilege level of the user.