Patent ID: 7784081

Claim:
A method for transferring programs to a secondary storage device, the method comprising: using an interactive television program guide implemented on user television equipment to cause a first display in a display screen of at least one program listing related to at least one program; using the interactive television program guide to enable a user to select a program listing from the at least one displayed program listing; using the interactive television program guide to cause the program related to the selected program listing to be recorded on a digital storage device; using the interactive television program guide to cause a second display in the display screen that includes at least one recorded program listing for at least one program recorded on the digital storage device, wherein the at least one recorded program listing includes a recorded program listing for the program recorded on the digital storage device; using the interactive television program guide to enable the user to select the recorded program listing and to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device; and using the interactive television program guide to transfer the recorded program from the digital storage device to a secondary storage device.