Patent ID: 9544526
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. A method for enhanced channel flipping on a user equipment device, the method comprising: receiving a user request to tune from a first channel to a second channel in a channel flipping sequence, wherein the channel flipping sequence comprises an ordered list of a plurality of channels of media content; receiving a user indication to mark the second channel as a temporary favorite channel; in response to receiving the user indication to mark the second channel as a temporary favorite channel, adding, using control circuitry, the second channel to a temporary favorite channels list, wherein the temporary favorite channels list includes favorite channels and temporary favorite channels; creating, using the control circuitry, a favorite channel flipping sequence, wherein the favorite channel flipping sequence comprises the channels identified in the temporary favorite channels list; determining, based on the favorite channels list, whether a given channel is one of the favorite channels or one of the temporary favorite channels; in response to determining that the given channel is one of the favorite channels, generating for display a first indicator that represents favorite channels; in response to determining that the given channel is one of the temporary favorite channels, generating for display a second indicator, different from the first indicator, that represents temporary favorite channels; in response to a plurality of identical commands from the user, sequentially tuning to each channel in the favorite channel flipping sequence without tuning to channels not in the favorite channel flipping sequence; and automatically removing the second channel from the temporary favorite channels list.