Patent ID: 7012653
Filing Date: 2006-03-14
Classification: H04N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of returning to a preferred programming channel after conclusion of an unwanted programming broadcast in a television system, comprising: receiving selection of a first channel for viewing a preferred program; receiving selection of a first audio volume level for the preferred program; receiving on the first channel an undesired broadcast having a second audio volume level, the second audio volume level being configured by a broadcaster to be presented to a user at a higher level than the first audio volume level for a duration of the undesired broadcast; receiving a second channel selection; monitoring the present audio volume level of the first channel; comparing the present audio volume level with the first audio volume level; and reselecting the first channel when the broadcaster causes the monitored present audio volume level to drop to a level associated with the first audio volume level at the conclusion of the undesired broadcast.