Patent ID: 7210158

Claim:
An apparatus for processing and outputting a program signal, comprising: a data receiver ( 120 , 122 ) for receiving a signal channel selection from a user; a tuner ( 100 , 105 ) for selecting one of a plurality of signal channels in response to said signal channel selection from a user, the selected one of said plurality of signal channels including a program signal; a signal output (RGB OUT) for providing an output signal derived from said program signal; an auxiliary data decoder ( 115 ) for detecting program related information included in each said program signal; and a central processing unit ( 112 ) operatively connected to said data receiver, said signal input, said signal output and said auxiliary data decoder, wherein said central processing unit controls said output signal for preventing user access to said program signal upon detecting retuning of a previously selected channel thereby preventing user access during a time delay between tuning and receipt of program related information.