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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:
May. 15, 2018

Filed:

Jan. 06, 2015
Applicant:

At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventors:

Jerald Howcroft, Beverly Hills, MI (US);

Kathy Goode, Cedar Park, TX (US);

Michael Raftelis, San Antonio, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2006.01); H04N 21/4147 (2011.01); H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/433 (2011.01); H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 21/2187 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/2747 (2011.01); H04N 21/4335 (2011.01); H04N 21/475 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/422 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/76 (2013.01); H04N 7/162 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/2187 (2013.01); H04N 21/23113 (2013.01); H04N 21/2747 (2013.01); H04N 21/4147 (2013.01); H04N 21/4334 (2013.01); H04N 21/4335 (2013.01); H04N 21/4755 (2013.01); H04N 21/47214 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04N 21/658 (2013.01); H04N 21/4221 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method includes performing, at a media recorder device, a comparison of a user defined criterion to information descriptive of content items associated with a set of series subscriptions. The content items and the set of series subscriptions are stored at the media recorder device. The user defined criterion indicates that reruns of episodes associated with a particular series subscription of the set of series subscriptions have not been recorded within a time period. The method includes identifying, at the media recorder device, multiple series subscriptions of the set of series subscriptions based on the comparison. The method includes deleting the multiple series subscriptions from the media recorder device. The method further includes sending, from the media recorder device, a notification to a display device, the notification indicating that a cleanup operation has been performed on the set of series subscription stored at the media recorder device.


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