Patent ID: 7325244

Claim:
A video component for displaying a program guide on a monitor, the video component comprising: (a) a data interface for receiving Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data; (b) a remote control (RC) interface for receiving commands from a video component RC; and (c) a component controller for: generating the program guide in response to the EPG data, the program guide comprising: a plurality of program identifiers for identifying a plurality of programs, wherein at least one of the programs is not scheduled for recording locally; and at least one recording indicator associated with one of the programs indicating that the program is scheduled for recording locally; and the component controller for displaying the program guide on the monitor, wherein the video component communicates with a digital video recorder (DVR) through a DVR interface, the DVR comprises a RC interface for receiving commands from a DVR RC, and the recording indicator is generated using information received from the DVR through the DVR interface.