Patent ID: 9021529
Filing Date: 2015-04-28
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a recording document via a network that describes a content item but does not describe whether the content item is available for recording or how the content item is to be recorded, wherein the recording document was generated by a recording module configured to examine a textual description of the content item to locate one or more words that describe the content item and dynamically generate the recording document, wherein the recording document includes the located one or more words from the textual description; querying electronic program guide (EPG) data to determine if the content item described in the recording document is available for recording without user intervention, and if so, how the content item is to be recorded; examining client state data that describes conditional access rights of a client to determine if recordation of the content item for the client is permitted using digital rights management; and if the content item is available and recordation is permitted, adding a reference in a recording list for causing recordation of the content item without user intervention.