Interactive Television Program Guide With Remote Access

摘要

- 83 The present invention relates to a method of enabling a user to perform recordings. The method comprises generating, with a remote guide, a display of a 5 plurality of program listings for display on a remote device. The method further comprises receiving, with the remote guide, a user selection of a program listing from the plurality of program listings. The user selection identifies a program corresponding to the selected 10 program listing for recording by a local guide implemented on user equipment. The user equipment is remote to the remote device and the local guide generates a display of one or more program listings. The method further comprises transmitting, with the remote guide, a 15 communication to the local guide identifying the program corresponding to the selected program listing via the Internet. The communication is received with the local guide. Responsive to the communication, the method comprises scheduling, with the local guide, the program 20 corresponding to the selected program listing for recording by the user equipment.