System and apparatus for managing video content recordings

摘要

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recorder (DVR) having a controller to record video content supplied by a media communication system, establish a threshold for utilization of a memory resource of the DVR, detect a utilization of the memory resource that exceeds the threshold, generate a notice describing the utilization of the memory resource at or after the time the threshold was exceeded, identify a communication identifier associated with a portable communication device, transmit the notice to the portable communication device according to the identified communication identifier, and receive a response message from the portable communication device that includes one or more instructions to manage the memory resource of the DVR. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A computing device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and a memory resource that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
detecting a utilization of the memory resource that exceeds a threshold, wherein the threshold is less than a capacity of the memory resource;analyzing stored media files to identify a candidate media file for removal from the memory resource based on a last time period that each of the stored media files was presented by the computing device;determining a mitigation option that includes removal of the candidate media file from the memory resource and transferring the candidate media file to a second computing device;generating a notice describing the utilization of the memory resource responsive to the detecting of the utilization of the memory resource exceeding the threshold, wherein the notice includes the mitigation option;transmitting the notice over a wireless network to a portable communication device, wherein the notice is not provided to any device with a wired connection to the computing device; andreceiving a response message from the portable communication device that includes instructions to manage the memory resource of the computing device.