Patent ID: 7512964

Claim:
A recordable media content archiving system in a subscriber network, said recordable media content archiving system comprising: a memory for storing recordable media content characterizing information; a storage device configured for storing a plurality of portable storage mediums, wherein each portable storage medium is one of a plurality of different portable storage medium types; and a processor configured with the memory to: prior to a download of first recordable media content to be provided from a remote server and subsequent to a purchase of the first recordable media content: receive into the memory first recordable media content characterizing information corresponding to the first recordable media content, the first recordable media content characterizing information including content type and subcategories of the content type: and provide a user interface that identifies the first recordable media content and provides information about the first recordable media content, the user interface further including user-selectable lists each having plural entries, the user-selectable lists corresponding to content type, subcategories of the content type, and a choice of the plurality of portable storage mediums to download the first recordable media content, the content type user selectable list defaulting to a first entry based on the first recordable media content characterizing information associated with a type of content corresponding to the first recordable media content, the subcategory user selectable list defaulting to a second entry based on the first entry, and the choice of medium user selectable list defaulting to a third entry based on the first and second entries: and responsive to receiving a download of the first recordable media content via the subscriber network from the remote server, the processor is further configured with the memory to store the first recordable media content to the portable storage medium corresponding to the third entry.