Patent ID: 7596799
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating video content, the method comprising: receiving a selection of a channel at a set-top box device; communicating the selection of the channel from the set-top box device to at least one server of an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) system; receiving a still image associated with a program available for imminent display via the selected channel and receiving data related to the selected channel at the set-top box device; transmitting the still image and the data related to the selected channel to a display device; receiving a multicast stream of video content of the selected channel at the set-top box device; and transmitting the video content to the display device, in response to a selection of an accept channel command; communicating a selection of a refuse channel command with a prior channel indicator from the set-top box device to the at least one server, in response to the selection of the refuse channel command; and receiving a multicast stream of video content at the set-top box device, the multicast stream of video content associated with the prior channel indicator, in response to the selection of the refuse channel command.