US 12,323,661 B2
Systems and methods for predicting and resolving hardware and/or cloud storage conflicts
Vikram Makam Gupta, Karnataka (JP); and Vishwas Sharadanagar Panchaksharaiah, Tiptur (IN)
Assigned to Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Adeia Guides Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 1, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/837,383.
Prior Publication US 2021/0314663 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. H04N 21/458 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/438 (2011.01); H04N 21/4425 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01)
CPC H04N 21/4583 (2013.01) [H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 21/4383 (2013.01); H04N 21/4425 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for predicting and resolving future hardware storage conflicts on a current hardware device, the method comprising:
retrieving a schedule of recordings for one or more scheduled first content items and content metadata, wherein the content metadata corresponds to the one or more scheduled first content items and user profile information that characterizes user profile activity relative to the one or more scheduled first content items;
predicting future user interest in one or more second content items based at least in part on the user profile information and the content metadata;
retrieving a schedule that defines a timeline for one or more of recording or viewing the one or more second content items, wherein at least one of the one or more second content items is characterized by content metadata indicating the schedule of at least one of the one or more second content items is new relative to the schedule of recordings of the one or more scheduled first content items;
comparing the schedule of recordings of the one or more scheduled first content items to the schedule of the one or more second content items to identify one or more overlaps in schedules;
predicting a future hardware storage conflict based at least in part on:
preexisting recordings stored on a storage of the current hardware device,
a total storage capacity of the current hardware device,
the predicted future user interest in the one or more second content items, wherein the predicted future user interest quantifies a likelihood that future user profile activity will include one or more of recording or viewing the one or more second content items, and
the identified one or more overlaps of the schedule of recordings for the one or more scheduled first content items and the schedule of the one or more second content items; and
based at least in part on predicting the future hardware storage conflict, generating for display a visual indicator of the future hardware storage conflict, and a prompt with a corrective action in advance of when the future hardware storage conflict would occur to address the future hardware storage conflict, wherein:
the corrective action comprises an option to upgrade to a new hardware device with more storage and additional tuners as compared to the current hardware device,
the visual indicator of the future hardware storage conflict includes a first depiction of the total storage capacity, a second depiction of a storage capacity for the one or more scheduled first content items, and a third depiction of a predicted additional storage capacity for the one or more second content items, and
the visual indicator depicts a sum of the storage capacity for the one or more scheduled first content items and the predicted additional storage capacity for the one or more second content items including depiction of the sum when the sum exceeds the total storage capacity.