Patent ID: 8769601

Claim:
In-home television program control apparatus, comprising: a first television tuner configured to receive a 30 minute long first television program including video data and audio data; a second television tuner configured to receive a 30 minute long second television program including video data and audio data; processing structure coupled to said first and second television tuners and configured to receive the first and second television programs from said first and second television tuners, respectively; memory structure coupled to said processing structure and configured to store the received first and second television programs; and remote control structure configured to control said processing structure; said processing structure also configured to, in response to one or more signals from said remote control structure, (i) simultaneously store the received first television program in said memory structure and output the video and audio data of the received second television program for use by a television display without passing said received second television program to said memory structure, (ii) simultaneously store the received second television program in said memory structure and output the video and audio data of the received first television program for use by the television display without passing said received first television program to said memory structure, (iii) simultaneously store the received first television program in said memory structure and output the video and audio data of the second television program for use by the television display from said memory structure, and (iv) simultaneously store the received second television program in said memory structure and output the video and audio data of the first television program for use by the television display from said memory structure.