Electronic program guide with digital storage

摘要

An interactve television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage ad maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs”for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.

主权项

1. A method for enabling access to a video across different storage devices, the method comprising:
receiving a user request to access a video that is stored on a first storage device; generating, for display to the user in response to receiving the user request to access the video stored on the first storage device, an option to enable the user to access the video from a second storage device, wherein the option is displayed before the video becomes accessible to the user from the second storage device; and responsive to receiving a user selection of the option, transmitting an identifier of the video stored on the first storage device to the second storage device to enable access to the video stored on the first storage device from the second storage device.