MULTI-ROOM NETWORK GUIDE WITH SCHEDULING DEVICE INDICATORS
Multi-room network guide with scheduling device indicators. The networked multi-room system is made up of at least one primary device and one or more remote devices. The remote devices are able to view the network guide saved on the primary device and schedule programs to be recorded. When viewing the network guide or the recorded programs list, from any of the devices, the presentation scheduled to be recorded, or presentations saved to the hard drive, will have an indicator corresponding to the device that requested the recording. The indicator could be color, icons, or text.
1 . A networked multimedia system (NMS) comprising:
a primary device for receiving and tuning presentations;
a network guide on said primary device; and
at least one remote device in communication with said primary device for receiving said network guide, and for requesting a presentation to be recorded to said primary device, and said network guide providing an indication that either said primary or remote devices requested said presentation for recording.
2 . The NMS of claim 1 , wherein said indication is a color.
3 . The NMS of claim 1 , wherein said indication is text.
4 . The NMS of claim 1 , wherein said indication is an icon.
5 . The NMS of claim 1 , wherein said indication appears in response to a user highlighting a field in said network guide.
6 . The NMS of claim 1 , wherein said indicator is displayed in association with said presentation on a recorded programs list.
7 . A network guide for use in a networked multi-room system (NMS) comprising:
a program menu arranged by channel and time on a primary device in the NMS; and
a presentation in said program menu having an indication identifying whether said primary device or a remote device requested said presentation for recording.
8 . The network guide of claim 7 , wherein said indicator identifies said primary device as requesting the recording of said presentation.
9 . The network guide of claim 7 , wherein said indicator identifies one of said remote devices as requesting the recording of said presentation.
10 . The network guide of claim 7 , wherein said indication is one of a color, text, and an icon.
11 . The network guide of claim 7 , wherein said indication appears in response to a user highlighting a field in said network guide.
12 . A networked multimedia system (NMS) comprising:
a primary device for receiving and tuning presentations;
at least one remote device in communication with said primary device; and
a recorded programs list displayed from said primary device or said remote device, wherein said recorded programs list provides an indication of which of said primary or remote devices scheduled each of said recorded programs.
13 . The NSM of claim 12 , wherein one said indication identifies said primary device as requesting the recording of one said presentation of said recorded programs list and another said indication identifies said remote device as requesting the recording of another said presentation of said recorded programs list.
14 . The NMS of claim 12 , wherein each said indication is a color.
15 . The NMS of claim 12 , wherein each said indication is text.
16 . The NMS of claim 12 , wherein each said indication of scheduling is an icon.
17 . The NMS of claim 12 , wherein said indication appears in response to a user highlighting a field in said recorded programs list.
18 . A recorded programs list in a network guide for use in a networked multi-room system (NMS) comprising:
a first presentation in said recorded programs list with a first indication identifying a primary device of said NMS as requesting said first presentation for recording; and
a second presentation in said recorded programs list with a second indication identifying a remote device of said NMS as requesting said second presentation for recording.
19 . The recorded programs list of claim 18 , wherein said indication is one of a color, text, and an icon.
20 . The recorded programs list of claim 18 , wherein said indication appears in response to a user highlighting a field in said recorded programs list.
21 . A method of indicating which device scheduled a recording on a network guide in a networked multi-room system (NMS), said method comprising the steps of:
storing said network guide on a primary device of said NMS;
receiving said network guide on one or more remote devices;
requesting a first presentation to be recorded to said primary device; and
providing an indication in said network guide of whether said primary device or one of said remote devices requested said first presentation be recorded.
22 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising the step of requesting a second presentation to be recorded to said primary device and providing an indication in said network guide of whether said primary device or one of said remote devices requested said second presentation be recorded.
23 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said indication identifies said primary device as requesting the recording of said first presentation.
24 . The method of claim 21 , wherein said indication identifies one of said remote devices as requesting the recording of said first presentation.
25 . The method of claim 21 , further comprising the step of displaying said indication as one of a color, text, and an icon.
26 . The network guide of claim 21 , wherein said indication appears in response to a user highlighting a field in said network guide.