Patent ID: 7765568

Claim:
A method of tuning to a channel for use in a broadcast data system having a receiving station that receives a data stream including a plurality of channels and channel identification information, the method comprising: displaying a bar-shaped channel tuning graphic having a plurality of positions; allocating the plurality of positions of the channel tuning graphic to a plurality of available channels based on the channel identification information; displaying a movable graphic disposed on the channel tuning graphic, wherein the movable graphic is selectably movable by a user over the channel tuning graphic to the plurality of positions; displaying a channel identifier including a subset of the channel identification information corresponding to a currently tuned channel when the movable graphic is positioned on a first one of the plurality of positions allocated to the currently tuned channel; placing a previously-tuned indicator on a second one of the plurality of positions allocated to a first channel tuned previous to the currently tuned channel; and moving the previously-tuned indicator to the first one of the plurality of positions when the currently tuned channel is changed from the channel corresponding to the first one of the positions to another channel corresponding to a third one of the positions.