Patent ID: 7917477

Claim:
A method of removing stored media content from a media player (MP), the method comprising: allowing a first set of media content to be downloaded to the MP for playing; identifying a second set of media content from all media content stored on the MP; in response to the identifying the second set of media content, automatically copying the second set of media content from the MP to a processing unit in signal connection with the MP for archival storage, and, automatically removing the second set of media content from the MP; wherein the identifying the second set of media content occurs in response to at least one of: the current time matching a date and time combination specified by a user to remove the media content; and, playing the first set of media content; specifying a variable number of days of a time-schedule playlist, the time-schedule playlist comprising the first set of media content allowed to be downloaded; determining if removal of the second set of media content will provide enough space on a program storage device of the MP for the specified variable number of days of the time-schedule playlist; in response to determining that the removal of the second set of media content will not provide enough space, arranging the media content stored on the program storage device by at least one of: chronological ordering according to download date; chronological ordering according to prior play date; categorization of media content; and spatial ordering according to media content file size; and spatial ordering according to a best fit determination to provide enough space on the program storage device of the MP for the specified variable number of days of the time-schedule playlist; and selecting a third set of media content from the arranged media content for removal.