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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2008
Applicants:
John Jong-suk Lee, Waterloo, CA;
Alen Mujkic, Mississauga, CA;
Jeffrey Bos, Waterloo, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BLACKBERRY LIMITED, Waterloo, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); H04N 1/21 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 101/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/21 (2013.01); H04N 1/00307 (2013.01); H04N 2101/00 (2013.01); H04N 2201/212 (2013.01); H04N 2201/214 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for managing a memory at an electronic device is provided. A first number of new media files that can be stored in the memory in a current format is determined. It is determined if a memory management condition is met. If the memory management condition is met, the current format is setting to a second format such that the memory can store a second number of new media files, if acquired, a given new media file in the second format occupying less of the memory than if the given new media file is in the current format, such that the second number is greater than the first number.