Patent ID: 8424040

Claim:
A method used in a user equipment device having a first tuner for receiving a first plurality of television programs transmitted from a first source device using a first transmission scheme and a second tuner for receiving a second plurality of television programs transmitted from a second source device using a second transmission scheme which is different from the first transmission scheme, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of program listings including a first program listing corresponding to one of the first plurality of television programs and a second program listing corresponding to one of the second plurality of television programs; displaying a guide having the plurality of program listings; in response to receiving a user selection selecting one of the plurality of program listings, selecting one of the first tuner and the second tuner, wherein the first tuner is selected when the selected program listing is the first program listing, and the second tuner is selected when the selected program listing is the second program listing; and tuning the selected tuner to the television program received by the selected tuner.