Patent ID: 9699510
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a media recorder from a server over a network, a first program recording schedule that the server generated that is an overall program recording schedule for the media recorder and is maintained by the server; replacing, by the media recorder, an existing program recording schedule with the first program recording schedule; receiving, by the media recorder, user input specifying a program to be recorded by the media recorder; sending, by the media recorder, an instant message to the server indicating an identifier of the program to be recorded; receiving, by the media recorder from the server over the network, a second program recording schedule that the server generated in response to receiving the identifier of the program to be recorded, the second program recording schedule is an overall program recording schedule for the media recorder; replacing, by the media recorder, the first program recording schedule with the second program recording schedule.