Patent ID: 8601515

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors disposed in a media content rendering device, performs a method comprising: providing a user interface of the media rendering device for user selection of a media content program; invoking a method for determining if the selected media content program is simultaneously receivable at the media content rendering device in a first format via a first network and a remotely located recorder in a second format that is different from the first format via a second network that is different from the first network; displaying an alert on the user interface, the alert indicating an operational state of the remotely located recorder, wherein the alert is based on an indication received from the remotely located recorder; and sending a signal to initiate the remotely located recorder to record at least a portion of the selected media content program upon determining that the selected media content program is simultaneously receivable at the media content rendering device in the first format and the remotely located recorder in the second format.