Method and apparatus for processing requests for recording content

摘要

A method and apparatus are disclosed for processing content recording requests. The method includes producing a prioritized set of recording requests from all pending recording requests, analyzing the prioritized set of requests with respect to available resources, and producing a list of content requests to be excluded from a recording schedule due to resource constraints. Content recording is performed based on results of the analysis.

主权项

1. A method for processing requests for content recording, comprising:
providing a prioritized reduced set of recording requests from a total number of pending recording requests, wherein each recording request in the prioritized reduced set has a time overlap with at least one other recording request in the prioritized reduced set, and the prioritized reduced set has fewer recording requests than the total number of pending recording requests; analyzing a prioritized set with respect to resource constraints to identify recording requests to be excluded from a recording schedule; scheduling requests for recording based on results of the analysis; recording content according to scheduled requests and evaluating a recording request from the prioritized reduced set with respect to the resource constraints; adding the recording request to a first list if there is sufficient resource to fulfill the recording request, and adding the recording request to a second list if there is insufficient resource to fulfill the recording request; and repeating the evaluating a request and adding the recording steps for all other recording requests in an order of decreasing priority in the prioritized set; wherein the evaluating step is performed based on resources allocated to recording requests in the first list that have a time overlap with the recording request in the prioritized reduced set.