Patent ID: 7721309

Claim:
A method for selectively storing, at an entertainment system, data being received and displayed by the entertainment system where the data is associated with a broadcast channel, the method comprising: receiving programming data associated with the channel; displaying a show associated with the channel; displaying a menu associated with storing of the channel in memory including displaying an add icon that is selectable for adding the channel associated with the show currently being displayed when the current channel is not stored in said memory and displaying a remove icon in place of the add icon where the remove icon is selectable to remove the channel associated with the show currently being displayed from said memory when the current channel is stored in said memory and including a mark icon that is selectable for listing channels previously selected for adding to memory; receiving a selection, in response to detecting a selection of the add icon displayed in the menu when the current channel is not stored in said memory, to store the programming data of the channel associated with the show currently being displayed into memory of the entertainment system; storing the programming data associated with the channel currently being displayed into the memory; and displaying a second menu, in response to detecting a selection of the mark icon, where the second menu comprises: a graphical portion and a list of channels stored in said memory, wherein said list of channels is scrollable and said graphical portion displays a show corresponding to one of the channels in said list of channels during scrolling; wherein the second menu further comprising an instruction displayed in the graphical portion and superimposed over the show displayed in the graphical portion, where the instruction comprises a string of textual data explaining an action to be performed by a user to display the channel depicted in the graphical portion.