Patent ID: 8818162

Claim:
A method for automated personal video recording comprising: receiving from a first personal video recorder (“PVR”) of a first user an order to record a show for the first user at a predefined time, wherein before receiving said order to record the show a storage space provider is authorized to borrow storage space up to an amount specified from a remote second PVR; determining that a storage space requirement of the show exceeds a first user's free space of the first personal video recorder by comparing the storage space requirement of the show and the first user's free space in anticipation of recording said show; selecting the remote second PVR of a second user upon which the storage space provider is authorized to borrow storage space up to said amount specified in a second user profile for said remote second PVR, wherein the remote second PVR is connected to a display device configured for viewing content ordered via the remote second PVR; scheduling recording of the show on the remote second PVR at the predefined time for the first user, wherein the first PVR is coupled for data communications to the storage space provider; transmitting to the storage space provider an order to record the show through the storage space provider in storage space on the remote second PVR of the second user that is coupled for data communications to the storage space provider; and providing the show recorded on the remote second PVR to the first PVR.