Interactive television program guide system having multiple devices within a household

A method for using an interactive television program guide system based on first and second user television equipment devices located in a single household, wherein the first and second user television equipment devices are interconnected by communications paths and wherein the second user television equipment device comprises a recording device, the method comprising:

• receiving, with a first interactive television program guide implemented on the first user television equipment device, a user selection of a program for recording by a second interactive television program guide implemented on the second user television equipment device, wherein the first and second user television equipment devices are located at first and second locations within the household respectively;
• directing over the communications path, using the first interactive television program guide, the second interactive television program guide to schedule for recording the program selected with the first interactive television second program guide;
• and
• providing instructions from the second interactive television program guide to the recording device in the second user television equipment device to record the program selected with the first interactive television program guide.

An interactive television program guide system based on first and second user television equipment devices located in a single household, wherein the first and second user television equipment devices are interconnected by communications paths and wherein the second user television equipment device comprises a recording device, the system comprising:

• a first interactive television program guide implemented on the first user television equipment device;
• and
• a second interactive television program guide implemented on the second user television equipment device,
• wherein the first program guide is configured to:
• receive a user selection of a program for recording by the second program guide;
• and
• direct, over the communications path, the second program guide to schedule for recording the program selected with the first guide;
• wherein the second program guide is configured to:
• provide instructions to the recording device in the second user television equipment device to record the program selected with the first program guide;
• and
• wherein the first and second user television equipment devices are located at first and second locations within the household respectively.

Machine-readable media for using an interactive television program guide system based on first and second user television equipment devices located in a single household, wherein the first and second user television equipment devices are interconnected by communications paths and wherein the second user television equipment device comprises a recording device, the machine-readable media comprising machine-readable instructions encoded thereon for:

• receiving, with a first interactive television program guide implemented on the first user television equipment device, a user selection of a program for recording by a second interactive television program guide implemented on the second user television equipment device, wherein the first and second user television equipment devices are located at first and second locations within the household respectively;
• directing over the communications path, using the first interactive program guide, the second interactive television program guide to schedule for recording the program selected with the first interactive television program guide;
• and
• providing instructions from the second interactive television program guide to the recording device in the second user television equipment device to record the program selected with the first interactive television program guide.