Multimedia content search and recording scheduling system

An apparatus, comprising:

• a recording request receiver that receives a request to record a particular multimedia content from a client device;
• a query subsystem that creates a first query based on the request and further comprises:
• a broadcast database search subsystem that searches, based on the first query, for the particular multimedia content in a broadcast database;
• and
• the broadcast database search subsystem, upon receiving search results from the broadcast database, the search results comprising information that the particular multimedia content was discovered in the broadcast database, sends, to the client device, a program identifier that identifies the particular multimedia content and instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content;
• the query subsystem creates a second query based on the request and further comprises:
• a broadband database search subsystem that searches, based on the second query, for the particular multimedia content in a broadband database;
• and
• the broadband database search subsystem, upon receiving search results from the broadband database, the search results comprising information that the particular multimedia content was discovered in the broadband database, sends a URL that corresponds to the particular multimedia content or an IP address that corresponds to the particular multimedia content to the client device for downloading the particular multimedia content;
• and
• a wishlist management subsystem that automatically adds a wishlist entry including an identifier of the particular multimedia content to a wishlist that corresponds to the client device and sends the wishlist to the client device when the particular multimedia content was not discovered in the broadcast database and not discovered in the broadband database, the client device uses the wishlist entry for automatically recording the particular multimedia content.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• receiving a request to record a particular multimedia content from a client device;
• creating a first query based on the request and performing the steps of:
• searching, based on the first query, for the particular multimedia content in a broadcast database;
• and
• upon receiving search results from the broadcast database, the search results comprising information that the particular multimedia content was discovered in the broadcast database, sending, to the client device, a program identifier that identifies the particular multimedia content and instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content;
• creating a second query based on the request and performing the steps of:
• searching, based on the second query, for the particular multimedia content in a broadband database;
• and
• upon receiving search results from the broadband database, the search results comprising information that the particular multimedia content was discovered in the broadband database, sending a URL that corresponds to the particular multimedia content or an IP address that corresponds to the multimedia particular content to the client device for downloading the particular multimedia content;
• and
• automatically adding a wishlist entry including an identifier of the particular multimedia content to a wishlist that corresponds to the client device and sending the wishlist to the client device when the particular multimedia content was not discovered in the broadcast database and not discovered in the broadband database, the client device uses the wishlist entry for automatically recording the particular multimedia content.

A method, comprising:

• receiving user input to record a particular multimedia content on a device;
• sending a search request based on the user input to a service;
• receiving search results based on the search request from the service;
• scheduling to record the particular multimedia content when the search results comprise a program identifier that identifies the particular multimedia content and instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content;
• downloading the particular multimedia content when the search results comprise a URL that corresponds to the particular multimedia content or an IP address that corresponds to the particular multimedia content, the particular multimedia content is downloaded from the URL or the IP address;
• and
• automatically adding a wishlist entry including an identifier of the particular multimedia content to a wishlist, when the search results do not comprise the instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content, the URL, and the IP address, and wherein the device uses the wishlist entry for automatically recording the particular multimedia content on the device.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a user input receiver that receives user input to record a particular multimedia content on a device;
• a search request subsystem that sends a search request based on the user input to a service;
• a search result receiver that receives search results based on the search request from the service;
• a recording scheduler that schedules to record the particular multimedia content when the search results comprise a program identifier that identifies the particular multimedia content and instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content;
• a content downloader that downloads the particular multimedia content when the search results comprise a URL that corresponds to the particular multimedia content or an IP address that corresponds to the particular multimedia content, the particular multimedia content is downloaded from the URL or the IP address;
• and
• a wishlist manager that automatically adds a wishlist entry including an identifier of the particular multimedia content to a wishlist, when the search results do not comprise the instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content, the URL, and the IP address, and the device uses the wishlist entry for automatically recording the particular multimedia content on the device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions, which instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to carry out the steps of:

• receiving user input to record a particular multimedia content on a device;
• sending a search request based on the user input to a service;
• receiving search results based on the search request from the service;
• scheduling to record the particular multimedia content when the search results comprise a program identifier that identifies the particular multimedia content and instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content;
• downloading the particular multimedia content when the search results comprise a URL that corresponds to the particular multimedia content or an IP address that corresponds to the particular multimedia content, the particular multimedia content is downloaded from the URL or the IP address;
• and
• automatically adding a wishlist entry including an identifier of the particular multimedia content to a wishlist, when the search results do not comprise the instructions for scheduling to record the particular multimedia content, the URL, and the IP address, and the device uses the wishlist entry for automatically recording the particular multimedia content on the device.