Patent ID: 7590998

Claim:
A TV system for viewing TV programming and for displaying Internet data comprising: (a) a TV monitor for displaying TV programs and Internet data; (b) a TV tuner coupled to said monitor for receiving analog and/or digital TV programming; (c) a web browser coupled to said TV monitor including a memory storage device for receiving sequential groups of Internet data, wherein receipt of a sequentially next group of said Internet data into said memory storage is synchronized to a pre-defined time slot within at least one of said TV programs so as to be loaded into said memory storage device at pre-selected time intervals; and (d) a remote control device for selectively displaying said TV programs, said Internet data or both on said TV monitor, where said remote control permits a user to suspend receipt of a next sequential group of Internet data into said memory storage at the said time slot to which it is synchronized, and while said TV monitor displays to a user a said group of Internet data sequentially prior to said next sequential group.