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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 04, 2016

Filed:

Jun. 03, 2014
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, Lp, Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Mary McCarthy, Frisco, TX (US);

Robert Coldwell, Sachse, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/79 (2006.01); H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/40 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/432 (2011.01); H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 19/00 (2014.01); H04N 19/103 (2014.01); H04N 5/765 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/79 (2013.01); H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 19/00 (2013.01); H04N 19/103 (2014.11); H04N 21/23113 (2013.01); H04N 21/40 (2013.01); H04N 21/4135 (2013.01); H04N 21/432 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 21/4435 (2013.01); H04N 21/4516 (2013.01); H04N 5/765 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a digital video recorder (DVR) having a controller to record video content supplied by a media communication system, establish a threshold for utilization of a memory resource of the DVR, detect a utilization of the memory resource that exceeds the threshold, generate a notice describing the utilization of the memory resource at or after the time the threshold was exceeded, identify a communication identifier associated with a portable communication device, transmit the notice to the portable communication device according to the identified communication identifier, and receive a response message from the portable communication device that includes one or more instructions to manage the memory resource of the DVR. Other embodiments are disclosed.


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