Patent ID: 8037499

Claim:
A recording of a repeated program method, comprising: receiving a recording request for a first program from a communications device, the recording request having a specified recording time; determining that the specified recording time is during a peak time for bandwidth usage; determining an alternate recording time for the recording request; sending a message to the communications device that there is the alternate recording time to record the first program; delivering the first program to the communications device for the specified recording time in response to receiving a rejection of the alternate recording time; delivering the first program to the communications device for the alternate recording time in response to receiving an acceptance of the alternate recording time; determining by a recording application when a prior recording time for the first program precedes the specified recording time for the first program; delivering by the recording application the first program to the communications device at the prior recording time that precedes the specified recording time, without notifying a subscriber and without requiring input from the subscriber; and providing a notification to the communications device that viewing a second program while recording the first program may interfere with at least one of recording the first program and viewing the second program.