Patent ID: 8578413
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A system for selecting a television program over a remote access link comprising an Internet communications path for recording, the system comprising: a local interactive television program guide equipment on which a local interactive television program guide is implemented, wherein the local interactive television program guide generates a display of one or more television program listings for display on a display device at a user's home, wherein the local interactive television program guide equipment is located within the user's home and includes user television equipment, wherein a mobile device communicates with the local interactive television program guide equipment, wherein the mobile device, on which a remote access interactive television program guide is implemented, is located outside of the user's home, and wherein the mobile device: generates a display of the remote access interactive television program guide, the remote access interactive television program guide comprising a plurality of television program listings for display on the mobile device, wherein the display of the remote access interactive television program guide is generated based on a user profile stored at a location remote from the mobile device; receives a user selection of the television program for recording by the local interactive television program guide, wherein the user selects the television program by selecting a television program listing from the plurality of television program listings displayed, by the remote access interactive television program guide, on the mobile device; and transmits, to the local interactive television program guide over the Internet communications path, a communication identifying the television program for recording corresponding to the television program listing selected by the user with the remote access interactive television program guide, wherein the local interactive television program guide receives the communication and, responsive to the communication, records the television program corresponding to the selected television program listing using the local interactive television program guide equipment.