Patent ID: 7818766

Claim:
A system comprising: a processor; a memory; a tuner application, stored in the memory and executed on the processor, configured to provide access to a plurality of media channels; a first data structure stored in the memory configured to maintain a representation of a last tuned channel, the last tuned channel being a previously tuned channel immediately preceding a currently tuned channel; a second data structure stored in the memory configured to maintain a representation of a last watched channel, the last watched channel being a previously tuned channel in which user interest has been determined; and a user input device configured to: enable user selection of the first data structure by invoking a first function of a particular button on the user input device, resulting in the tuner application automatically accessing the last tuned channel; and enable a user selection of the second data structure by invoking a second function of the particular button on the user input device, resulting in the tuner application automatically accessing the last watched channel.