Patent ID: 8843984

Claim:
A method, comprising: establishing a bidirectional communication connection between a remote control device and a set top box wherein the bidirectional communication connection enables the remote control device to send commands to the set top box via the communication connection and receive information from the set top box via the communication connection and further wherein the bidirectional communication connection includes a wireless service link between a mobile telephone device serving as the remote control device and a wireless network, a connection between the wireless network and a switching network, and a connection between the switching network and an access network coupled to the set top box; generating a display of multimedia programs available via a multimedia content distribution network, wherein the multimedia programs available include multimedia programs from a plurality of multimedia content sources; receiving first user input indicating a selected multimedia program from the multimedia programs available; adding a listing corresponding to the selected multimedia program to a user collection of multimedia program listings; and displaying an indication of the user collection.