Patent ID: 8744243

Claim:
A method comprising: providing a graphical user interface of a personal video recording device to a display device, wherein the graphical user interface includes graphic elements that correspond to a plurality of selectable file folders of the personal video recording device, wherein each selectable file folder includes an identifier, wherein each of the plurality of selectable file folders is associated with a channel of a video distribution network, and wherein a particular file folder of the plurality of selectable file folders includes a plurality of files associated with a plurality of programs delivered via a particular channel associated with the particular file folder; in response to receiving a first input selecting the particular file folder, determining whether a second input including authorization information is received; in response to determining that the second input including the authorization information has been received, causing unviewed video content associated with the particular channel corresponding to the particular file folder to be sent to the display device for display via the particular channel of the video distribution network; in response to receiving a command to delete an indicator stored in a first of the plurality of selectable file folders, determining whether the indicator is stored in any other file folder on the personal video recording device; in response to determining that the indicator is stored in at least one other file folder of the personal video recording device, deleting the indicator; and in response to determining that the indicator is not stored in at least one other file folder of the personal video recording device, deleting the indicator and deleting a first file of the plurality of files associated with the indicator.