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1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a server having a first storage device, a first instant message from a user via a remote device in real-time, the first instant message containing a request for a programming event for a media recording device having a second storage device; in response to receiving the first instant message, performing at the server:
updating on the first storage device, data designated to be received by the media recording device in a next synchronization between the server and the media recording device with the request for the programming event; anddelaying, until the next synchronization between the server and the media recording device, sending the updated data on the first storage device designated to be received by the media recording device to the media recording device; sending an instant message, by the server to the media recording device, to inform the media recording device to perform a synchronization with the updated data on the first storage device; receiving at the server, from the media recording device, an initiation of the next synchronization between the server and the media recording device, the initiation of the next synchronization being later than the first instant message; and in response to receiving the initiation of the next synchronization between the server and the media recording device from the media recording device, sending by the server the data designated to be received by the media recording device on the first storage device to the media recording device. |
