Patent ID: 7536447

Claim:
A method of using a wireless communication device to cause content to be recorded in one or more devices located in an environment, the wireless communication device having a first short-range transceiver that is configured to communicate with a second short-range transceiver, the method: receiving, at the first short-range transceiver in the wireless communication device, a list of environments accessible by said wireless communication device, wherein each environment within said list of environments comprises a physical location that is accessible by a user; transmitting a selection of an environment from said list of environments; receiving, at the first short-range transceiver in the wireless communication device, an address that has been transmitted from the second short-range transceiver to designate the selected environment; sending a request from the wireless communication device to a server, to cause content to be recorded in one or more devices located in the selected environment designated by the address, and to cause the server to determine if said user associated with the wireless communication device has permission to access any of the devices in the selected environment designated by the address; and receiving a response from the server in response to the request, the response indicating to the wireless communication device whether the wireless communication device has permission to cause content to be recorded on the devices in the selected environment designated by the address.