Patent ID: 8327397

Claim:
A method for displaying information in a digital broadcast receiver, the method comprising: selecting a type of information to be displayed during a channel change time period in response to user selection received at a user-interface of the receiver, wherein the selected type of information is any of a plurality of user-selectable information types, and wherein the plurality of user-selectable information types comprise a program guide information type, an advertisement information type, and a user information type; receiving a wireless digital broadcast signal comprising audio data, video data, and further data, wherein the further data comprises program guide data for the program guide information type and advertisement data for the advertisement information type; changing a displayed channel of a display of the digital broadcast receiver from a first channel to a second channel, wherein the displayed channel relates to the video data, and wherein a period of time from when the displayed channel is changed from the first channel to the second channel defines the channel change time period; when the selected type of information is the program guide information type, displaying on the display a program guide based upon the program guide data during at least a period of time of the channel change time period, wherein the displayed program guide comprises program identifier information identifying a plurality of programs recently displayed on the display, wherein the program identifier information is different from the video data; and when the selected type of information is the advertisement information type, displaying on the display an advertisement based on the advertisement data during at least a period of time of the channel change time period.