Patent ID: 8683518

Claim:
A method for displaying a media guide to a user, comprising: receiving information regarding media programs which include: i) programs that are immediately available to the user via download or data streaming; ii) programs that have been previously stored, by a set-top box after receipt by the set-top box from an external transmission source, locally relative to the user on a local recording device; and iii) programs that are immediately available to the user via television broadcast, the information including titles of the media programs; filtering, by applying a same criterion, each of the i) programs that are immediately available to the user via download or data streaming, ii) programs that have been previously stored locally relative to the user, and iii) programs that are immediately available to the user via television broadcast for obtaining a set of recommended titles, wherein the filtering of the programs that have been previously stored locally includes searching the local recording device for stored programs satisfying the criterion; and displaying the set of recommended titles in a single integrated list, the set of recommended titles including a title of at least one of the programs immediately available to the user via download or data streaming, a title of at least one of the programs that have been previously stored locally relative to the user, and a title of at least one of the programs that are immediately available to the user via television broadcast.