Patent ID: 9602862
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method performed by a first digital video recorder (DVR), wherein the first DVR is communicatively coupled using a local area network (LAN) to a second DVR, wherein the second DVR is additionally communicatively coupled to a second display via a second audio-video (AV) output link, wherein the first DVR includes an AV output module for communicatively coupling with a first display via a first AV output link, the method comprising: determining that the first DVR is a current DVR; outputting, by the AV output module of the first DVR, signals for initially displaying a content guide on the first display, wherein the content guide includes a unit identification area and a content area, wherein an initially-displayed unit identification area identifies the first DVR as the current DVR, and wherein an initially-displayed content area that includes a first list of a first set of programs stored in the first DVR and selectable for viewing on the first display; receiving, by the first DVR, a request to select the second DVR; after receiving the request to select the second DVR, the first DVR: receiving, by the first DVR, a command to play a program stored in the second DVR and selected from among the programs in the second list of the second set of programs; retrieving, by the first DVR, a first viewing termination location identifier for the selected program that identifies the second DVR and a viewing termination location at which viewing of the selected program at the second display was paused or stopped; outputting, by the AV output module of the first DVR, signals for displaying on the first display the first viewing termination location identifier for the selected program that identifies the second DVR in the unit identification area and a viewing termination location at which viewing of the selected program at the second display was paused or stopped; receiving, by the first DVR, a command to play the selected program starting from the viewing termination location identified by the first viewing termination location identifier; receiving, by the first DVR from the second DVR, the selected program starting from the first viewing termination location so that the first DVR receives signals for playing the selected program on the first display starting from the first viewing termination location; and outputting, by the AV output module of the first DVR, the signals for playing the selected program accessed from the second DVR on the first display starting from the first viewing termination location.