Patent ID: 6968364
Filing Date: 2005-11-22
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system to facilitate selection of at least one of an audio and visual program, comprising: a first computer operative to connect to a second computer for filtering through a plurality of at least one of audio and visual programs based on selection criteria to provide a filtered representation of programs; wherein a program from the filtered representation of programs is selectable at the first computer so as to cause a token indicative of the selected program to be assigned to a recipient, the token comprises an XML formatted packet of data with a schema that identifies the selected program to enable the recipient to program a recording system to record the program represented by the token in response to receiving the token by converting the token into scheduling data based in part on at least one of stored profile data of the recording system and program information, the scheduling data is in a format usable by the recording system.