Patent ID: 8719892

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, comprising computer instructions, which when executed by a controller of a media content processor in a communication system, cause the controller to perform operations comprising: presenting at a media device images associated with a media program decoded from a media content source; monitoring the communication system for an incoming communication request from a communication device while presenting the images, wherein the communication device is separate from the media content processor; receiving from the communication device a request to establish communications with the media content processor in order to transmit media content from the communication device to the media content processor, wherein the media content is recorded by the communication device to generate recorded media content; establishing communications with the communication device responsive to the request; receiving a message, over an instant messaging application via a user interface of the communication device, to inform a subscriber of the media content processor regarding an impending transmission of streamed media content, wherein the recorded media content is transcoded by the communication device to generate the streamed media content; receiving the streamed media content from the communication device; recording the streamed media content to enable subsequent viewings of the streamed media content; pausing the presentation of the media program responsive to receiving the streamed media content from the communication device; presenting at the media device, responsive to receiving the streamed media content from the communication device, a graphical user interface superimposed on the images associated with the decoded media program, wherein the graphical user interface comprises a termination element, selectable by a subscriber of the media content processor, for terminating the graphical user interface, and wherein the termination element comprises a selectable icon devoid of text; presenting the streamed media content in the graphical user interface; presenting at the media device a toolbar superimposed on the images associated with the decoded media program, wherein the toolbar comprises a play button, selectable by the subscriber, for resuming the presentation of the media program during presentation of the streamed media content; detecting selection by the subscriber of the play button via the toolbar or selection by the subscriber of the termination element via the graphical user interface; terminating the presentation of the graphical user interface, responsive to detecting the selection by the subscriber of the termination element or detecting that the streamed media content has been fully played; and resuming presentation of the media program, responsive to detecting the termination of the graphical user interface or responsive to detecting the selection by the subscriber of the play button.