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1. A media device configured to record a broadcasted media content event at the time of its broadcast, comprising:
a tuner configured to tune to and receive a broadcast media content stream having the media content event that is to be recorded; a memory that stores a plurality of timers, wherein each timer is defined by a plurality of timer attributes that include at least an identifier of the media content event that is to be recorded, a start time that initiates a recording of the media content event when a current real time reaches the start time, and an end time that concludes the recording of the media content event when the current real time reaches the end time, a recording medium operable to receive and store the media content event during the broadcast of the media content event that is to be recorded; and a processor system, wherein the processor system is configured to:
monitor a current date and the current time such that the recording is initiated when the media content event is broadcast;retrieve a timer attribute associated with a selected one of the plurality of timers stored in the memory of the media device;retrieve a stale timer criteria stored in the memory of the media device,
wherein the stale timer criteria defines a characteristic of one of the plurality of timer attributes, andwherein the stale timer criteria corresponds to the retrieved timer attribute;compare the retrieved stale timer criteria with the retrieved timer attribute;determine whether the timer is stale based on the comparison of the retrieved timer attribute and the stale timer criteria, wherein the timer is determined to be stale when the media content event identified by the timer will not be recorded because the media content event identified by the timer is not scheduled to be broadcast at a future date; andautomatically delete the timer from the memory of the media device in response to determining that the timer is stale, wherein the retrieved timer attribute is a start date, wherein the start date specifies a date that the media device initiates the recording of the media content event when the current date reaches the start date and the start time of the timer, wherein the stale timer criteria is a predefined duration that is stored at the media device, wherein when the processor system determines whether the retrieved timer is stale based on the comparison of the retrieved timer attribute and the stale timer criteria, the processor system is further configured to:
determine a duration difference between the start date and the current date; andcompare the determined duration difference with the predefined duration, and wherein the retrieved timer is determined to be stale when the determined duration difference is at least equal to the predefined duration. |
