Patent ID: 8595772

Claim:
A set-top box device comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving a first input indicating a first number, wherein the first number determines how many last channels of a plurality of last channels are presented in a last channel menu, wherein descriptive text entries are stored for each last channel of the last channel menu, and wherein each last channel of the last channel menu is available for recall; presenting the last channel menu; receiving a second input indicating a second number associated with a first channel from the last channel menu; presenting the first channel according to the second input; recording video content for each last channel of the last channel menu, wherein the video content for each last channel is recorded by a corresponding video buffer of a plurality of video buffers for a period beginning when the last channel is added to the last channel menu and ending when the last channel is deleted from the last channel menu; receiving a third input indicating a third number associated with a second channel of the last channel menu; presenting the second channel according to the third input; receiving a command to rewind recorded video content associated with the second channel; retrieving a portion of the recorded video content associated with the second channel from a video buffer according to the command to rewind, wherein the recorded video content was stored in the video buffer during the presenting of the first channel; and presenting the portion of the recorded video content associated with the second channel.