Patent ID: 7457511

Claim:
A method for recording media, said method comprising the steps of: receiving at least one media stream; storing at least a portion of said media stream in at least one personal video recording (“PVR”) media server, the storing comprising buffering the media stream and maintaining a write position for the buffering; coupling a plurality of clients, capable of displaying said media stream, to said PVR media server; generating a first buffer position to identify a location within said media stream for playback of said media stream at a first client; and generating a second buffer position to identify a location within said media stream for playback of said media stream at a second client, said second buffer position being independent from said first buffer position; receiving input from a first user at the first client to select a buffer position of another client; displaying, at the first client, a list of clients that maintain a buffer position for the media stream; receiving input from the first user to select the second buffer position; and transferring the media stream to the first client, so as to deliver the media stream by using the selected second buffer position of the second client.