Method for capture, aggregation, storage, and transfer of internet content for time-shifted playback on a portable multimedia device

A method for capturing, aggregating, storing, and transferring Internet content for time-shifted playback on a multimedia device, said method comprising the steps of:

• connecting to a web-based maintenance server for registration information, configuration, update requests, attribute changes, maintenance functions and responses to user requests;
• acquiring content schedules and content sources for streaming media from a web-based schedule listing service;
• acquiring the location of fixed media from a web-based fixed media listing service;
• utilizing an update script to poll said web-based maintenance server, web-based schedule listing service and web-based fixed media listing service for changes in said registration information, said configuration, said location of fixed media, said content sources and said content schedules;
• indexing said content schedules, content sources for streaming media and said location of fixed media for content recording;
• creating a schedule list file which contains a list of all said content schedules and said location of fixed media from;
• formatting said content schedules into a task table and to invoke a recording script;
• utilizing a software utility command to check said task table;
• utilizing said recording script process to combine said schedule list and said task table;
• recording said Internet content according to said schedule list;
• creating a recorded file;
• storing said recorded file on a mass storage device, and;
• transferring said recorded file to said multimedia device through the use of an update script.