Patent ID: 9532007
Filing Date: 2016-12-27
CPC Classification: H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: communicating a program guide data request signal and a partner identification from a partner service provider to a primary service provider; authenticating the partner service provider at an authentication web service using the partner identification; communicating program guide data to the partner service provider from the primary service provider after authenticating, said program guide data including a content identifier; communicating the program guide data to a user network device from the partner service provider, said user network device associated with a user identifier; selecting content at the user network device from the program guide data; communicating the content identifier from the user network device to the partner service provider through the network; communicating the content identifier and the user identifier from the partner service provider to the primary service provider; authenticating the user network device at the authentication web service using the user identifier; generating a recording instruction at the primary service provider in response to the content identifier and the user identifier; communicating the recording instruction to a user recording device associated with the user identifier from the primary service provider; and recording the content in response to the recording instruction at the user recording device.