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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022

Filed:

Jun. 10, 2016
Applicant:

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;

Inventors:

James A. Roskind, Redwood City, CA (US);

Aaron T. Emigh, Incline Village, NV (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/6587 (2011.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 67/306 (2022.01); H04N 21/2387 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04L 12/4604 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01); H04N 21/2387 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/25891 (2013.01); H04N 21/6125 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/6587 (2013.01);
Abstract

In some embodiments a system is provided, comprising a playback device, configured to play a piece of multimedia content, stop playing the piece of multimedia content, wherein the playing of the piece of multimedia content is stopped at a first point, connect to a server, and synchronize information relating to the first point to the server; the server, configured to save the information relating to the first point in a profile associated with an individual user, connect to a recipient device, and synchronize the information relating to the first point to a recipient device; the recipient device, configured to play the piece of multimedia content, wherein playing the piece of multimedia content on the recipient device starts from a second point related to the first point at which the playing of the piece of multimedia content on the playback device is stopped.


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