Patent ID: 8769568

Claim:
A method for receiving broadcast digital content, the method comprising the steps of: processing a primary content stream, the processing step including: receiving the primary content stream; and decoding and decompressing the received primary content stream into a primary presentation stream; processing at least two alternate content streams, the processing step including: receiving the at least two alternate content streams according to a corresponding number of pre-indications of a next channel selections and at least one time-selected usage profile; and decoding and decompressing the received alternate content streams into alternate presentation streams; presenting the primary presentation stream on a presentation device; receiving a channel selection command; and presenting one of the alternate presentation streams on the presentation device when the channel selection command is equal to a predicted next channel, wherein the step of processing a primary content stream and the step of processing an alternate content stream are concurrently performed, and wherein the step of receiving an alternate content stream comprises: receiving a channel selection command; selecting, for each of the alternate content streams, from among multiple different stochastic predication models, a stochastic prediction model according to the channel selection command, and the time-selected usage profile; and using the selected stochastic prediction model to identify a collection of next most probable channels as a collection of alternate content streams according to a partial channel selection and the time-selected usage profile.