Patent ID: 7640564

Claim:
A recording resources indication system, comprising: plural recording resources, each recording resource configured for allocation to a different program that is scheduled to be recorded; a program guide application configured to generate a program guide in which programs are associated with a program broadcast schedule, said program guide comprising a grid listing the programs according to a program channel and a time when each of the programs are scheduled for broadcast; and a resource scheduler configured to generate a recording resources indication for display within the program guide to indicate that the plural recording resources are fully-allocated for a particular time duration during which a plurality of the programs are scheduled to be recorded, wherein the recording resources indication is generated by placing an indicator in a resource allocation bar located above or below the grid listing the programs, wherein the recording resources indication further includes a list of one or more programs scheduled to be recorded during the particular time duration for which the plural recording resources are fully allocated, said list of programs being displayed in conjunction with the indicator in the resource allocation bar adjacent to the particular time duration in the grid during which the recording resources are fully allocated.