Patent ID: 8584176

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a selection of a channel at the set-top box device; receiving a still image associated with a program from a first source, the program associated with the channel; and in response to the selection of the channel: transmitting data corresponding to a graphical user interface to the display device, wherein the graphical user interface includes the still image, an accept channel command indicator, and a refuse channel command indicator; and receiving, from a second source, a multicast stream of video content associated with the channel at the set-top box device, wherein at least a portion of the multicast stream is received while the still image is displayed at the display device, and wherein the first source is different from the second source, wherein the video content is transmitted to the display device in response to receiving a selection of the accept channel command indicator, and wherein other content is transmitted to the display device in response to receiving a selection of the refuse channel command indicator.