Patent ID: 9161090
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A television receiver, comprising: a plurality of tuners; one or more processors; and a memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method, the method comprising: identifying one of the plurality of tuners as being idle, wherein being idle corresponds to not being used to receive any television channel data for presentation or recording; outputting for presentation an electronic programming guide that indicates programming; selecting a plurality of television channels for preparation, wherein the plurality of television channels are selected: preparing the television channel for presentation by tuning to and buffering without decoding the television channel prior to receiving the user input selecting the television channel for presentation; and releasing the one of the plurality of tuners for tuning to another television channel following passage of a particular time period after user-selection of the television channel within the electronic programming guide for access thereby.