Patent ID: 8447170

Claim:
A method for automatically recording supplemental content, the method comprising: receiving, at a content receiver from at least one first content provider, a plurality of instructions to record a plurality of instances of content from at least one broadcast received from the at least one first content provider via at least one first communication link wherein the plurality of instances of content are all included in the same frequency band of the broadcast and are all scrambled utilizing a same control word; recording, utilizing the content receiver, at least one of the plurality of instances of content via the at least one first communication link as specified by the plurality of instructions; receiving, at the content receiver from the at least one first content provider, at least one supplemental instruction to record at least one instance of supplemental content from at least one second content provider via at least one second communication link wherein the at least one instance of supplemental content is associated with at least one of the plurality of instances of content; and recording, utilizing the content receiver, the at least one instance of supplemental content via the at least one second communication link as specified by the at least one supplemental instruction.