Patent ID: 8689258
Filing Date: 2014-04-01
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A media device comprising: a memory with a portion configured to store an electronic program guide (EPG); a remote interface configured to receive a user specification for a specified media content event at a first media device; a media content stream interface configured to receive media content events that are broadcast to a plurality of media devices via a broadcast system; a communication network interface configured to communicatively coupled the media device to other ones of the plurality of media devices via a communication network; a recorder configured to store selected ones of the received media content events; and a processor system communicatively coupled to the remote interface, the media content stream interface, the communication network interface, the memory and the recorder wherein the processor system is configured to: where in response to determining that the initial portion of the specified media content event has previously been communicated over the broadcast system, the processor system is further configured to: wherein the EPG presents information that identifies a plurality of currently broadcast media content events that are available for selection, wherein the EPG indicates that presentation of the plurality of media content events are already underway such that the user of the media device understands that initial portions of each of the currently broadcast media content events are not available at the media device, wherein the processor system is further configured to receive a user selection of the specified media content event based on a selection made by the user while navigating about the presented EPG, and wherein the initial portion of the specified media content event received from the selected one of the other media devices in response to the user selection made by the user while navigating about the presented EPG.