发明名称 Managing the storage of media content
摘要 A method for managing media storage. The method includes determining, by a computer, that storage space is needed on a storage device, wherein the storage device stores one or more media files. The method includes determining a likely viewing device for a media file selected from the one or more media files and converting the media file from a first format to a second format, based on the determined likely viewing device.
申请公布号 US9164999(B2) 申请公布日期 2015.10.20
申请号 US201314106397 申请日期 2013.12.13
申请人 International Business Machines Corporation 发明人 Bhogal Kulvir S.;Hamilton, II Rick A.;O'Connell Brian M.;Talbot Mark W.;Walker Keith R.
分类号 G06F17/30;G11B27/034 主分类号 G06F17/30
代理机构 代理人 McCarthy Maeve
主权项 1. A computer-implemented method for managing media storage, the method comprising: determining, by a computer, that storage space is needed on a storage device, wherein the storage device stores one or more media files; selecting, by a computer, a media file from the one or more media files, based, at least in part, on a scheduled time for conversion of the media file, and a user selection of a first media file including a children's program to convert before a second media file is selected, and one or more of: indicated content of the media file, a media genre, wherein a viewing quality of the media genre is not impacted by conversion to a same extent as one or more other genres, a viewing history of the media file, wherein the viewing history indicates a media file a user is least likely to watch, and one or more user preferences associated with the media file, wherein the one or more user preferences include one or more of: a user preference for a first media content to be selected for conversion before a second media content, and a user selection of a content to convert to the second format; determining, by a computer, a likely viewing device for the media file selected from the one or more media files, based, at least in part, on the viewing history of the media file, wherein the viewing history includes at least a viewing device previously used for the media file, and one or more of: a media file a user is unlikely to watch, and a viewing device on which a media genre is previously watched; converting the media file from a first format to the second format, based on the determined likely viewing device; storing, by a computer, the converted media file in the second format; removing, by a computer, the media file in the first format from the storage device; and updating, by a computer, one or more internal processes to access the converted media file in the second format.
地址 Armonk NY US