US 11,902,615 B2
Systems and methods for intelligently managing storage space occupied by media assets
Clayton Kim, Boston, MA (US); Lucas Waye, Cambridge, MA (US); Richard Eric Miller, Milton, MA (US); and Matthew John Emerson, Burlington, MA (US)
Assigned to Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Rovi Guides, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/501,365.
Application 17/501,365 is a continuation of application No. 16/979,071, granted, now 11,178,449, previously published as PCT/US2018/021845, filed on Mar. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0038768 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 21/418 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4335 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4184 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
determining a media asset was stored at a given time in a first format having a first quality level;
detecting whether a threshold period of time since the given time has passed; and
in response to detecting that the threshold period of time since the given time has passed:
computing, via control circuitry, an importance of the media asset;
computing, via the control circuitry and based in part on the importance, a second quality level that is lower than the first quality level; and
altering the first format to a second format having the second quality level.