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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2015
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, New York, NY (US);
Zhongming Chen, Erie, CO (US);
Jay Thomas, Denver, CO (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
A method of operating a communications system storing assets for later transmission, is disclosed. The assets have respective expiration dates beyond which a right to transmit expires. The method comprises checking an expiration date of an asset and deleting the asset from storage based, at least in part, on the expiration date, a predetermined period of time added to or subtracted from the expiration date and/or whether the asset has been selected for later viewing. The predetermined period of time may provide a grace period for completing viewing of a selected asset by a user, either after or before the expiration date, depending on the rights to the asset granted by the source of the asset. The period of time may depend on a playtime of the asset and may be added to the expiration date only if the asset has been selected for viewing. Systems are also disclosed.