Patent ID: 7401348

Claim:
A television tuning device that is configured to at least translate an incoming signal into a picture on a display and that is also connected to the Internet, the tuning device comprising: one or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions for implementing a method comprising: displaying information at the television device comprising at least one of television programming and Internet content; entering a screen saver mode upon detecting a first predetermined condition comprising user inactivity with one or more input devices operatively coupled to the television tuning device; in response to entering the screen saver mode, tuning to a particular television channel and displaying television programming from the particular television channel; and while in the screen saver mode, replacing the displayed information with advertising information, the advertising information being displayed with an exit segment that can be selected to exit the screen saver mode, wherein the television tuning device exits the screen saver mode in response to the exit segment being selected rather than exiting the screen saver mode in response to other user activity detected at the one or more input devices.