Patent ID: 9148691
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for providing multiple device recording, the method comprising: adding a first recording device to a network; receiving, in response to adding the first recording device to the network, recording device attribute data and recording device metadata from the first recording device wherein the recording device attribute data comprises trick play speeds used by the first recording device, a compression format used by the first recording device, and recording format used by the first recording device; translating the received recording device metadata, wherein translating the received recording device metadata comprises mapping the received recording device metadata to a local metadata format supported by a scheduling processor wherein mapping the received recording device metadata to the local metadata format further comprises; displaying in the media guide, using the translated metadata, asset data corresponding to assets on the first recording device with asset data corresponding to assets on at least one second recording device of the network.