Patent ID: 7827578

Claim:
A method for operating a television apparatus having a digital serial bus connection and one or more other connections to enable a recording function, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by the television apparatus, a user input; detecting, by the television apparatus, if a video input source device corresponding to one of the other connections is available in response to the user input; if a video input source device corresponding to one of the other connections is available, causing, by the television apparatus, a digital recording device to record digital content provided from the video input source device corresponding to one of the other connections in response to the user input; if a video input source device corresponding to one of the other connections is not available, detecting, by the television apparatus, if a video input source device corresponding to the digital serial bus connection is available; if a video input source device corresponding to the digital serial bus connection is available, performing steps comprising: establishing, by the television apparatus, a peer-to-peer connection between the video input source device corresponding to the digital serial bus connection and the digital recording device in response to the user input; and causing, by the television apparatus, the digital recording device to record digital content provided from the video input source device corresponding to the digital serial bus connection in response to the user input, wherein data is directly transferred between the video input source device corresponding to the digital serial bus connection and the digital recording device.