Patent ID: 7519680

Claim:
A method of scheduling to record multimedia content on a first device via a second device, the second device being a wireless communication device which includes a short range wireless transceiver and a long range wireless transceiver, the short range wireless transceiver of the second device being able to communicate with a short range wireless transceiver co-located in an environment with the first device in order to schedule the recording of content on the first device, the long range wireless transceiver of the second device retrieving a web page containing a listing of multimedia content provided by one or more content providers, each listing comprising one or more scheduled hyperlinks, each scheduled hyperlink corresponding to particular multimedia content, the method comprising the steps of: in response to selection of a scheduled hyperlink, retrieving a scheduled hyperlink file, the scheduled hyperlink file containing scheduling information pertaining to particular multimedia content; communicating a web page to the second device, the web page containing a plurality of web addresses, each web address corresponding to a different environment which is physically accessible by a user; in response to selection of a web address corresponding to a particular environment, communicating a second web page to the second device containing a plurality of web addresses, each web address corresponding to a device located at the selected environment; in response to selection of a web address corresponding to the first device, communicating a third web page to the second device, said third web page including a listing of all content recorded on the first device, a listing of all content scheduled to be recorded on the first device and an indication of an available storage time on the first device; and if there is enough storage time on the first device, receiving a communication from the second device requesting that the selected content be scheduled to be stored on the first device.