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Patent No.:

US 7889973 B1

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Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2003
Applicants:

Thomas F. Poslinski, San Diego, CA (US);

Kim Annon Ryal, Poway, CA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas F. Poslinski, San Diego, CA (US);

Kim Annon Ryal, Poway, CA (US);

Assignees:

Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/93 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of increasing the available storage space on an electronic storage medium comprising the steps of providing a free memory list for the electronic storage medium; selecting a portion of a file stored on the electronic storage medium; and adding the selected portion of the file to the free memory list. A method of increasing the available storage space on a personal video recorder comprising the steps of storing a media file on a memory of the personal video recorder; receiving a signal for marking a starting flag for the media file; receiving a signal for marking an ending flag for the media file; and freeing the memory of the personal video recorder that contains a portion of the media file between the starting flag and the delete flag.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Poslinski, Thomas. (2011). Method and apparatus for partial file delete (U.S. Patent No. 7889973). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/7889973

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