Patent ID: 7594243

Claim:
A method for channel grazing from an electronic program guide (EPG) of a television apparatus having a tuner, the method comprising: displaying a program carried by a television channel in full screen format during a television viewing mode; receiving a user selection of a first EPG mode; storing in a channel memory a designation of the television channel in response to the user selection of the first EPG mode; generating a last channel listing for the channel designation; displaying a plurality of first television program listings in the first EPG mode; displaying the last channel listing in a separate area from the plurality of first television program listings in the first EPG mode; selecting one of the displayed first program listings in the first EPG mode; setting the tuner to a channel carrying a first program indicated by the selected first program listing; displaying the selected first program in a picture-in-picture window in the first EPG mode; changing to a second EPG mode in response to a user command; displaying a plurality of second television program listings in the second EPG mode wherein the plurality of second television program listings include a program listing for the selected first program; displaying the last channel listing in a separate area from the plurality of second television program listings in the second EPG mode; selecting one of the displayed listings in the second EPG mode; in response to the selection of the last channel listing, displaying the program carried by the television channel in the picture-in-picture window; in response to the selection of the program listing for the selected first program, displaying the first program in the picture-in-picture window; and in response to the selection of one of the displayed second program listings, displaying information on the selected second program while maintaining the picture-in-picture window.