1. A video recording system comprising: a data store that stores media guidance data for a plurality of television programs, the media guidance data including a first filter criteria associated with a first subset of the plurality of television programs and a second filter criteria associated with a second subset of the plurality of television programs, wherein the first subset and the second subset each comprise more than one program; a microprocessor coupled to the data store, wherein the microprocessor: receives input from a user that selects a symbol that is presented to the user in a form that prevents the user from identifying which of the first and second subsets of programs is associated with the symbol without referencing a look-up table, wherein the symbol includes an information code, the information code comprising one of the first and second filter criteria; decodes the information code to identify a user filter criteria; compares the user filter criteria to the first and second filter criteria, wherein the first and second filter criteria are each determined without user input; determines that the user filter criteria matches the first filter criteria; and without user input, identifies the first subset of the plurality of television programs associated with the first filter criteria for recording, and stores instructions to record the identified first subset of the plurality of television programs as a result of the identifying.