Patent ID: 7493647

Claim:
A method of presenting interactive video entertainment, comprising: providing plural viewing channels; providing plural transmission channels; on certain of said plural viewing channels, providing television programs; providing an interactive video entertainment channel on at least one of said plural viewing channels, said interactive video entertainment channel HTML-based, said interactive video entertainment channel providing interactive video entertainment, comprising: at least one of personalized news information, personalized music selections, and personalized prerecorded television selections; when switching away from the interactive video entertainment channel transmitted on a first transmitting channel, storing at least one data record associated with said interactive video entertainment channel; when thereafter switching back to said interactive video entertainment channel, restoring video interruption point information associated with the at least one data record and resuming transmission over a second transmission channel; wherein said plural transmission channels refer to frequencies used to relay programming to clients, wherein at least one user preference is stored; wherein the interactive video entertainment is filtered based on the at least one user preference; and in which the interactive video entertainment is presented for display at a client terminal.