Patent ID: 7647464
Filing Date: 2010-01-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for recording media, comprising: receiving an input via a user interface to record media; creating an entry in a recording schedule to record the media, the media being recorded at a user device in response to the recording schedule; sending the recording schedule to a restoration server, wherein the recording schedule is mirrored to the restoration server, the restoration server for recording the media in response to the recording schedule to create a duplicate recording of the media at the restoration server; sending a notification by the user device to the restoration server, the notification causing the restoration server to simultaneously record the media while the user device is recording the media, wherein the notification indicates that the media is being recorded on the user device; maintaining a catalog of recorded items and sending the catalog to the restoration server, the catalog comprising: responsive to the restoration server requesting, from the user device, the personal media which is only stored on the user device and not currently available, transmitting the personal media by the user device to the restoration server for recording a second copy of the personal media by the restoration server.