Patent ID: 8046793

Claim:
A method for modifying a set of favorite channels of a video presentation device for a user comprising: (a) said user selecting a first set of a plurality of different channels representative of said user's favorite channels during a first time interval, and selecting a second set of a plurality of different channels representative of said user's favorite channels during a second time interval; (b) respectively storing each of said first set of a plurality of different channels and said second set of a plurality of different channels in an arrangement that is selectively, visually presentable to said user on said video presentation device; and (c) automatically modifying said arrangement of channels within at least one of said first set and said second set, independently of each other, based hierarchically upon the duration that said different channels are viewed relative to other channels within their respective set, tabulated over a temporal time period, and wherein the duration that channels are viewed during time intervals outside of that associated with the respective said at least one of said first set and said second set, are not included in said tabulation for modifying the arrangement of channels within the respective said at least one of said first set and said second set; and (d) incrementally tuning a display device, tuned to and visually presenting a first channel in a normal display mode over the whole of a screen of said display device, to a next sequential channel selected only from a respective one of said user's favorite channels during an applicable said time interval, in automatic response to a user's sole action of activating a single input on a remote.