Patent ID: 7451151

Claim:
A system that facilitates utilization of local storage space, comprising: a component that logs information relating to historical access of items; an inference component that time segments viewing habits of household viewers to determine a plurality of probable items selections based on a temporal history of media viewing habits in the household, the time segments further including information if an item is viewed on weekdays, weekends, or holidays, the inference component further employs the probable items selections and the logs information in a utility-based analysis in connection with selectively storing to and deleting items from a local storage space; and a local storage space comprising a cache memory comprised that receives the probable items selections based on a temporal history from the inference component, begins recording plurality of item selections and upon a user selecting one of the plurality of item selections for viewing during the recording, facilitates downloading recorded portion of the user selected program from the cache memory to a viewer, continues recording remaining portion of the user selection and deletes probable items selections of the plurality of the probable items selections not chosen by the user for viewing.