Patent ID: 8869200

Claim:
A device, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising: storing in the memory a listing of a plurality of recently presented content channels, wherein the listing is limited to a predetermined maximum number of recently presented content channels; determining whether each channel of the listing was presented for display by the device for at least a minimum time duration to a user; removing respective channels from the listing if the respective channel was determined to not be displayed for the minimum time duration; retrieving from the memory the listing of the plurality of recently presented content channels; tuning a plurality of live broadcasts from an interactive television network broadcast stream by way of a plurality of tuners of the device, wherein the plurality of live broadcasts corresponds to the listing of the plurality of recently presented content channels, wherein the plurality of tuners are all physically present in the device; presenting simultaneously for display, a plurality of video thumbnails, wherein the plurality of video thumbnails is arranged in a time-ordered sequence of recent presentation according to the listing of the plurality of recently presented content channels, wherein each thumbnail of the plurality of video thumbnails is a same size, wherein the plurality of video thumbnails have a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of tuners of the device; receiving a selection command from a remote control device to choose a selected video thumbnail of the plurality of video thumbnails, wherein the selected video thumbnail is presented at a first location on the display; receiving a move command from the remote control device to move among the plurality of thumbnails, wherein individual video thumbnails are highlighted according to the move command; presenting for display the plurality of live broadcasts, wherein each of the plurality of live broadcasts is displayed within a corresponding one of the plurality of video thumbnails; displaying a background presentation of a live broadcast, wherein the plurality of video thumbnails are presented in a foreground, and wherein the background presentation is of broadcast content from a broadcast channel that is not included in the listing of the plurality of recently presented content channels; receiving a display command from the remote control device to display the highlighted thumbnail as the channel to be displayed in the background; and deleting the selected video thumbnail from the display upon receiving a delete command from the remote control device.