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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2017
Amdocs Development Limited, Limassol, CY;
Christophe Michel, Chantepie, FR;
Zvi Ronen, Rishon le Zion, IL;
Amdocs Development Limited, Limassol, CY;
Abstract
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for media content playback management. In operation, a profile system receives media information and current playback information associated with media content being played on a first device including a first streaming software agent capable of monitoring media data traffic from a plurality of different streaming media sources and a first local buffer for buffering the media content. The profile system identifies a profile associated with a user of the first device. The profile system stores the media information and the current playback information in association with the profile associated with the user of the first device. The profile system receives a request to play the media content on a second device including a second streaming software agent capable of monitoring the media data traffic from the plurality of different streaming media sources and a second local buffer for buffering the media content. The profile system identifies that the second device corresponds to the profile associated with the user of the first device. The profile system identifies the current playback information for the media content. Moreover, the profile system sends the current playback information for the media content to the second device such that the second device is capable of resuming playback of the media content where playback of the media content on the first device stopped. The profile system allows for anonymous access to various media players.