TRACKING OF PARTIALLY VIEWED VIDEO CONTENT SO THAT THEY CAN BE MARKED FOR DELETION WHEN A PERSONAL VIDEO RECORDER RUNS OUT OF SPACE

摘要

A method for managing a plurality of video data stored on a storage device. The method including the steps of: determining whether sufficient storage space remains on the storage device to store a desired video content; if sufficient storage space does not exist on the storage device to store the desired video content, determining whether any video content of the plurality of video data stored on the storage device has been partially viewed; and if video content stored on the storage device has been partially viewed, deleting the partially viewed video content to make room for storage of the desired video content on the storage device.