Patent ID: 8281347

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving input indicating a requested channel at a set-top box device coupled to a television via a first connection adapted to send television content to the television and coupled to the television via a second connection adapted to send control data to, and receive data from, the television, wherein the second connection comprises a high-definition multimedia interface connection; determining a destination for television content associated with the requested channel; sending a control command from the set-top box device to the television via the second connection, wherein the control command indicates that the television is to tune an over-the-air tuner at the television to the requested channel, and wherein the control command indicates that the television is to send television content associated with the requested channel to the set-top box device via the second connection or that the television is to output television content associated with the requested channel at the television; and receiving over-the-air television content at the set-top box via the second connection from the television in accordance with the control command.