Patent ID: 8914828

Claim:
A method for tuning to multiple channels using multiple tuners, the method comprising: receiving a first user input to tune to a first channel; tuning a first tuner to the first channel in response to receiving the first user input; receiving a user selection of an electronic program guide (EPG) mode; entering the EPG mode in response to the user selection of the EPG mode, wherein the first tuner remains tuned to the first channel after the EPG mode is entered; receiving a second user input to navigate to one of a plurality of program listings that is associated with a second channel while in the EPG mode; tuning a second tuner to the second channel in response to receiving the second user input while in the EPG mode that comprises the plurality of program listings; displaying the second channel in a picture-in-picture window of the EPG mode, without simultaneously displaying the first channel, in response to tuning the second tuner; receiving a user selection of a television mode; and displaying, after displaying the second channel in the picture-in-picture window, the first channel, which is tuned to by the first tuner, in response to the user selection of the television mode.