Patent ID: 9015755
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for automatically changing channels, the method comprising: receiving a first user selection from a first user comprising the identification of a first specific television program and further comprising an approval from the first user of one or more channels selected from an automatically populated list of channels that broadcast the first specific program; receiving a second user selection from a second user comprising the identification of a second specific television program and further comprising an approval from the second user of one or more channels selected from an automatically populated list of channels that broadcast the second specific program; determining a relative priority from among the first specified television program and the second specified television program; automatically tuning the display to the one of the first specified television program and the second specified television program having the highest determined priority; and displaying the one of the first specified television program and the second specified television program having the highest determined priority.