Patent ID: 8233771

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a physical receiving unit (E) adapted to scan a program (B) from plurality of programs (Bx); wherein: after initiation of a first control function (B 1 , B 2 , . . .) via a control unit, transmission sections (a, b, c, d, . . .), which do not contain any additional programs are extracted from said program (B) and temporarily stored, said transmission sections lacking a plurality of additional programs (W 1 , W 2 , W 3 , . . .) previously inserted within said program (B); after initiation of a second control function via the control unit, the temporarily stored transmission sections (a, b, c, d, . . .) and a summarization of said transmission sections are provided to an output unit (TV) that is adapted for viewing a plurality of programs (Bx) after which said program or a subsequent program (Bx, By) is then provided to the output unit (TV); and the transmission sections (a, b, c, . . .) are combined on the basis of their information content or event content and stored in a buffer store for access as required, said summarization of said transmission sections (a,b,c, . . .)based on their information content or event content.