System and method for internet access to personal television service

摘要

A method includes, at a media receiver, prior to connection of the media receiver to a portable media playback device, receiving input indicating criteria for choosing one or more media streams to transfer from the media receiver to the portable media playback device; and, after receiving the input, upon connection of the media receiver and the portable media playback device: automatically choosing at least one media stream to transfer to the portable media playback device based on the criteria that was indicated in the input received at the media receiver prior to the connection; and automatically transferring the chosen at least one media stream from the media receiver to the portable media playback device. The invention also comprises one or more computer readable media and a digital video recorder.