Patent ID: 8769579
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising steps of: providing, via an apparatus, a display including a main video portion and a channel history portion, said channel history portion being displayed simultaneously with said main video portion and representing a channel history of said apparatus, said channel history portion comprising a plurality of contiguously arranged and identically shaped marks representing a list of channels previously selected by a user of said apparatus ranging from a first channel representing a most recently selected channel in said channel history to a final channel representing a least recently selected channel in said channel history, said channel history portion further comprising a plurality of navigation elements that enable said user to navigate between said marks representing said channels of said channel history and thereby change a video output of said main video portion; and highlighting, via said apparatus, one of said marks from said channel history portion corresponding to one of said channels from said channel history that is currently shown in said main display portion, and wherein said highlighting moves between said marks in response to said user manipulating said navigation elements and thereby changes said video output of said main video portion; wherein said apparatus comprises first and second tuning means and the method further comprises: testing, via said first tuning means, for presence of a useable program signal provided by said first channel in response to a user input; if said useable program signal provided by said first channel is detected by said testing step, tuning and providing an output of said first channel via said second tuning means; if said useable program signal provided by said first channel is not detected by said testing step, testing, via said first tuning means, for presence of a useable program signal provided by a second channel from said channel history representing a second most recently selected channel in said channel history; if said useable program signal provided by said second channel is detected by said testing step, tuning and providing an output of said second channel via said second tuning means; if said useable program signal provided by said second channel is not detected by said testing step, continuing to test, via said first tuning means, for a useable program signal on each successive channel in said channel history in a sequential manner up to said final channel until any said useable program signal is detected; and powering on said first tuning means while said second tuning means is powered off.