Patent ID: 7366546

Claim:
A method for receiving, displaying and interacting with sports channel content associated with a sports channel on a mobile electronic device, comprising: receiving the sports channel content encoded on a communication signal that is broadcast to many electronic devices; wherein the sports channel content is received as records; storing a portion of the sports channel content on the electronic device; wherein storing the portion of the sports channel content includes storing pre-game content for at least one day prior to an event; removing the pre-game information when the event starts; storing live event information during the event; and storing post-game information after the event is completed; associating the sports channel content with a sports channel application on the electronic device; decoding the received records using the sports channel application; wherein decoding the received records includes associating an index value with an expanded name when one of the records is encoded as an index; wherein the expanded name is displayed on a display when selected; setting a current view associated with the sports channel; and displaying the current view on the display of the electronic device; wherein displaying the current view includes displaying a graphic and sports content that relates to the current view.