Patent ID: 8639096

Claim:
A method comprising: generating, using a computer system, a list of recommended television programs for display on a website to a user, the list of recommended television programs on the list generated based on captured interactions of the user with television programs at: the website; a digital video recorder (DVR) operated by the user and accessed using the computer system; a social network frequented by the user and accessed using the computer system; and a third party video rental queue system frequented by the user and accessed using the computer system; and wherein the recommended television programs on the list are selected based on date and time broadcast information retrieved from a storage medium, the list including television programs only to be broadcast proximate a particular user selected date, and wherein generating the list of recommended television programs includes at least one of: identifying most watched episodes for a particular series of related television programs, identifying most watched moments in a television program, identifying comments made by users on the website about a particular television program, identifying suggestions by users to add to a particular program to other users' lists of recommended television programs, and identifying television programs that were in lists of recommended television programs but not watched; transmitting, to the user's DVR, instructions for recording one or more of the television programs on the list at the future date and time specified in the broadcast information; and retrieving, from the DVR by the computer system, video data corresponding to recorded television programs for presentation to the user via the website.