Patent ID: 8707361
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of ordering content comprising: accessing an ordering interactive interface from a first device, said ordering interactive interface comprising a search screen selector box and a quick record selector box, after selecting the quick record selector box, initiating a quick record function having a menu in the ordering interactive interface comprising a plurality of text entry boxes including a time box with a time value, a duration box with a duration value and a date box with a date value, and pre-filling the time box with a current time, the duration box with a preset duration and the date box with a current date; after selecting the search screen selector box, entering a search term in the search screen selector box from a user interface of the first device, communicating a search term to a content processing system, searching program data at the content processing system, displaying content based on said searching, and selecting content to form a content selection; forming a recording command comprising: a) a linear channel, the time value, the duration value and the date value; or b) the content selection; communicating a customer identifier and the recording command from the first device to the content processing system; forming a control word based on the customer identifier and the recording command at the content processing system; communicating the control word from the content processing system to a user device that is different than the first device; and receiving the content corresponding to the recording command at the user device in response to the control word.