Patent ID: 8250608

Claim:
A method for enabling a user to effect a recording and playback of a program, the method comprising: providing to a portable device having a display a program guide which includes a listing for the program; receiving at an appliance capable of effecting the recording of the program a request to record the program wherein the request to record the program is created via user interaction with the program guide displayed in the display of the portable device; causing the appliance capable of effecting the recording of the program to record the program in accordance with the received data indicative of the request to record the program; providing to the portable device having the display a supplement to the program guide which includes the listing for the program as recorded by the appliance capable of effecting the recording of the program; and receiving at the appliance capable of effecting the playback of the recorded program a request to playback the recorded program wherein the request to playback the recorded program is created via user interaction with the supplement to the program guide displayed in the display of the portable device.