Patent ID: 8453192

Claim:
A system comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor to execute the instructions to: receive, from a user, a plurality of sets of slideshow configuration parameters, each set of slideshow configuration parameters, of the plurality of sets of slideshow configuration parameters, including: information identifying one or more television channels, and information identifying a different period of time during which the set of slideshow configuration parameters applies, store the plurality of sets of slideshow configuration parameters in the memory, detect a trigger, capture at least one of a current date or a current time based on detecting the trigger, search the memory, using the captured at least one of the current date or the current time, to identify a set of slideshow configuration parameters from the plurality of sets of slideshow configuration parameters, the captured at least one of the current date or the current time corresponding to the information identifying the different period of time included in the identified set of slideshow configuration parameters, capture a snapshot from a television channel identified by the information identifying the one or more television channels included in the identified set of slideshow configuration parameters, and provide the snapshot to a display as a part of a television slideshow.