Patent ID: 8429683

Claim:
A system comprising: a set-top box to: track a plurality of parameters relating to a first program to which the set-top box is tuned, the plurality of parameters including information relating to a date, a time, a name of the first program, and user identification information, when tracking the plurality of parameters, the set-top box is to: initiate a first timer, for the first program, when the set-top box is tuned to the first program for a time exceeding a first threshold corresponding to a first time duration, pause the first timer when the set-top box is tuned to another program, track an amount of time that the set-top box is tuned away from the first program, and resume the first timer when the set-top box is retuned to the first program and the amount of time away from the first program does not exceed a second threshold corresponding to a second time duration different than the first time duration, when the set-top box is retuned to the first program, the first timer being not resumed when the amount of time away from the first program exceeds the second threshold, detect that a second program has started based on tracking the plurality of parameters relating to the first program, store the tracked plurality of parameters relating to the first program when the second program has started, and provide the tracked plurality of parameters to a user.