Patent ID: 8763027

Claim:
A method for recording multiple television channels of content, comprising: receiving from a user, with an electronic processor, a request to record a first piece of content from a content delivery network, wherein the content delivery network delivers a plurality of pieces of content that are over a same period of time received from the content delivery network and that are organized into a plurality of content subsets on a plurality of television channels that are organized into a plurality of television channel subsets on a plurality of bands; identifying a particular television channel associated with the first piece of content; identifying a particular band associated with the particular television channel; informing the user of other television channels associated with the particular band; receiving from the user a request to record a second piece of content associated with one of the other television channels associated with the particular band, wherein the particular television channel and the other television channels each being different television networks and are each encoded with a same control word; and concurrently recording the first piece of content and the second piece of content encoded with the same control word via a single tuner.