Patent ID: 8582946
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for recording programs using a user's equipment and a network recording device, the method comprising: determining whether performing a plurality of recordings will exceed the resources of the user's equipment, wherein the determining comprises determining whether the user's equipment includes enough tuners for the recording; selecting, in response to determining that performing the plurality of recordings will exceed the resources of the user's equipment, a first group of at least one of the plurality of recordings and a second group of at least one of the plurality of recordings; automatically selecting at least one recording for inclusion in the first or second group based on one or more criteria; performing the selected first group of recordings with the user's equipment and performing the selected second group of recordings with the network recording device; receiving from the network recording device a list of recordings that the network recording device has already performed; comparing the list received from the network recording device with the recordings selected to be performed with the user's equipment; and directing the network recording device to hold recordings selected to be performed with the user's equipment that the network recording device has already performed.