Dsl video service with memory manager

Abstract

A digital video recorder (DVR) has a memory manager to determine a particular date and a particular video program in a download schedule for which the DVR will reach a low memory condition based on the download schedule and an amount of unoccupied memory space in the DVR. The DVR outputs a display signal to indicate the particular date and the particular video program.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A computer readable medium, containing computer instructions executable by a computer, the computer program comprising:
 instructions to determine a particular video program in a download schedule for which a digital video recorder (DVR) will reach a low memory condition based on the download schedule and an amount of unoccupied memory space in the DVR based on download parameters comprising a start time indicating when the down load is to begin, a completion time indicating when the download is to end, a bandwidth parameter indicating an amount of bandwidth that should be dedicated to the download, a quality parameter indicating a viewing quality for the download, and a real time parameter indicating whether the download is for viewing in real time; and   instructions to indicate the particular video program.   
     
     
         2 . The medium of  claim 1  wherein the instructions to determine the particular video program is further based on a persistence condition of a video program stored by the DVR. 
     
     
         3 . The medium of  claim 2  wherein the persistence condition comprises instructions to automatically delete the stored video program on a date between a present date and the particular date. 
     
     
         4 . The medium of  claim 2  wherein the persistence condition comprises instructions to automatically delete the stored video program to make room for a new download. 
     
     
         5 . The medium of  claim 1  wherein the download schedule comprises at least one video program to be recorded before the particular video program. 
     
     
         6 . An apparatus comprising:
 a digital video recorder (DVR) having a memory manager to determine a particular date for which the DVR will reach a low memory condition based on a download schedule and an amount of unoccupied memory space in the DVR based on download parameters comprising a start time indicating when the down load is to begin, a completion time indicating when the download is to end, a bandwidth parameter indicating an amount of bandwidth that should be dedicated to the download, a quality parameter indicating a viewing quality for the download, and a real time parameter indicating whether the download is for viewing in real time; the DVR to output a display signal to indicate the particular date.   
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the particular date is at least two days later than a present date. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein memory manager is to determine the particular date based on a persistence condition of a video program stored by the DVR. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8  wherein the persistence condition comprises automatically deleting the stored video program on a date between a present date and the particular date. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein the persistence condition comprises automatically deleting the stored video program to make room for a new download. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the download schedule comprises a first video program that is user selected and a second video program that is automatically selected. 
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 6  wherein the memory manager is further to determine a particular video program in the download schedule for which the DVR will reach the low memory condition, wherein the DVR is to output a display signal to indicate the particular video program. 
     
     
         13 . An apparatus comprising:
 a digital video recorder (DVR) having a memory manager to determine a particular video program in a download schedule for which the DVR will reach a low memory condition based on the download schedule and an amount of unoccupied memory space in the DVR based on download parameters comprising a start time indicating when the down load is to begin, a completion time indicating when the download is to end, a bandwidth parameter indicating an amount of bandwidth that should be dedicated to the download, a quality parameter indicating a viewing quality for the download, and a real time parameter indicating whether the download is for viewing in real time, the DVR to output a display signal to indicate the particular video program.   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 13  wherein the memory manager is to determine the particular video program based on a persistence condition of a video program stored by the DVR. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 14  wherein the persistence condition comprises automatically deleting the stored video program on a date between a present date and the particular date. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 14  wherein the persistence condition comprises' automatically deleting the stored video program to make room for a new download. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 14  wherein the download schedule comprises at least one video program to be recorded before the particular video program.