Patent ID: 8756620

Claim:
A method for returning to a content source from which a media asset has previously been received and viewed, the method comprising: receiving, with control circuitry, a user request to access a first content source; monitoring content currently being presented to the user from the first content source to determine whether the content meets a criterion; measuring an amount of time the content being presented meets the criterion, wherein measuring an amount of time comprises running a timer while the content being presented meets the criterion and pausing the timer while the content being presented fails to meet the criterion, and wherein running the timer and pausing the timer are performed without receiving a request to access another content source after accessing the first content source; in response to determining the amount of time exceeds a threshold, storing an identifier of the first content source in a list of content sources from which content meeting the criterion was previously presented to the user; and presenting content received from one of the content sources in the list each time a user request to access a last content source is received.