Patent ID: 7659919

Claim:
A method of displaying a newly requested channel in a mobile TV device prior to retuning the mobile TV device to the newly selected channel, wherein the mobile TV device demodulator and tuner are cycled on for a short period of time at regular intervals to conserve battery power, the method comprising: monitoring channels viewed on the mobile TV device and associated times that the channels are viewed; generating a profile of viewing habits based on the monitoring, the profile comprising most viewed channels during different times of day; buffering data from multiple channels in a buffer within the mobile TV device while the demodulator is cycled on, the multiple channels comprising the most view channels from the profile based on the current time of day; displaying data from one of the buffered channels upon a request received by the mobile TV device to switch to the channel having its data buffered prior to retuning the mobile TV device to the newly selected channel; and retuning to the newly selected channel at the next instance the demodulator and tuner are cycled on.