Patent ID: 8983273
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of selectively recording media content, the method comprising: receiving, at a recording control module, a location associated with a mobile device corresponding to a user remote from a location of the recording control module, wherein the mobile device has been associated with a digital recording device corresponding to the user, and wherein the digital recording device is in communication with the recording control module; determining, using the recording control module, an event associated with the location; querying, using the recording control module, a content source for media content associated with the determined event; determining, using the recording control module, a recording status for a media content item indicative of whether the media content item will be recorded; and modifying the recording status to indicate that the media content item is to be recorded on the digital recording device based, at least in part, on the location associated with the mobile device.