Patent ID: 8069263

Claim:
A method of scheduling to record multimedia content on a first device via a second device, comprising: retrieving a scheduled hyperlink file, where the scheduled hyperlink file contains scheduling information pertaining to a particular multimedia content; communicating a first web page to the second device, where the first web page contains a first plurality of web addresses, where each web address of the first plurality of web addresses corresponding corresponds to a different environment which is physically accessible by a user; communicating a second web page to the second device containing a second plurality of web addresses in response to a selection of a web address of the first plurality of web addresses corresponding to a selected environment, where each web address of the second plurality of web addresses on the second web page corresponds to a device located at the selected environment; communicating a third web page to the second device in response to a selection of a web address of the second plurality of web addresses corresponding to the first device, the third web page including at least one of: a listing of all content recorded on the first device, a listing of all content scheduled to be recorded on the first device, or an indication of an available storage time on the first device; and if there is sufficient storage time on the first device, receiving a communication from the second device requesting that the particular multimedia content be scheduled to be stored on the first device.