Patent ID: 8356315

Claim:
A method comprising: a television signal provider providing a television signal to a television device comprising a television monitor; the television signal provider selecting a first predetermined television channel; the television signal provider sending a first signal to the television device such that: after the first signal is received by the television device, the television device automatically causes the television monitor to display the first predetermined television channel when the television device receives a first request to turn the television monitor off and one or more images currently being displayed on the first predetermined television channel are displayed on the television monitor in response to receiving the first request at the television device; the television signal provider selecting a second predetermined television channel; and the television signal provider sending a second signal to the television device such that: after the second signal is received by the television device, the television device automatically causes the television monitor to display the second predetermined television channel when the television device receives a second request to turn the television monitor off and one or more images currently being displayed on the second predetermined television channel are displayed on the television monitor in response to receiving the second request at the television device.