Patent ID: 8312490

Claim:
A method of processing available content including broadcast programming and recorded programming, comprising: activating an automatic preference to erase any recording of a program identified as a duplicate; tuning to a broadcast program using one or more tuners; receiving a command to pause the tuned program; temporarily storing the tuned program to a portion of storage dedicated for pausing upon receiving the pause command; receiving a user command to record the paused program; tracking a list of previously recorded programs for duplicates upon receiving the user command to record the paused program; and selectively terminating and erasing the recording of a paused program when the paused program is identified as a duplicate based on the activated automatic preference, and completing the recording of the paused program when the paused program is identified as a non-duplicate by moving the paused program from the portion of storage dedicated for pausing to a portion of storage dedicated for recorded programs.