Patent ID: 8726314

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving, at a programming content server, a request for one or more programs; transmitting, via the programming content server, the request for one or more programs to at least one of a linear content system and a digital content system; receiving, at the programming content server, the one or more requested programs from at least one of the linear content system and the digital content system; transmitting, via the programming content server, one or more programming content identification messages to a set-top box in the event that the one or more requested programs extend over an allocated time slot, wherein the one or more programming content identification messages are transmitted during the allocated time slot of the one or more requested programs and indicates a change in the duration of the one or more requested programs, and wherein the one or more programming content identification messages are provided to a digital video recorder associated with the set-top box to modify a recording time of desired programming; and transmitting, via the programming content server, one or more termination messages to the set-top box at a termination of the one or more requested programs, wherein the one or more termination messages are operable to modify information associated with the one or more requested programs.