Patent ID: 7593621

Claim:
A method of recording audio and video content on a storage medium, the method comprising: performing recording operations to record audio and video content on the storage medium; utilizing a storage manager coupled to the storage medium to classify the recording operations into a plurality of priority levels; utilizing a reserved table coupled to the storage manager to reserve space on the storage medium for recording operations being classified at a first priority level; utilizing the storage manager to check if a current recording operation is already being performed when starting a new recording operation; utilizing the storage manager to cancel the new recording operation when a current recording operation being classified at the first priority level is already being performed when starting the new recording operation; setting up timer based recording operations for recording audio and video content occurring at a future time on the storage medium; reserving space on the storage medium for timer based recording operations being classified at the first priority level; checking if a current recording operation is already being performed when starting a timer based recording operation; and canceling the timer based recording operation when a current recording operation being classified at the first priority level is already being performed when starting the timer based recording operation.