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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 17, 1997
Michelle Denise Swenson, Leander, TX (US);
Edmund Troche, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and implementing network computer system is provided in which completion point file positions of multimedia file presentations may be saved in persistent memory devices when a user desires to terminate a multimedia file being presented on a display device. In subsequent network and multimedia file accesses, a user is selectively able to begin play at the previously saved completion point in the multimedia file presentation, i.e. the file position at which the user had previously terminated play. The saved position in one example may include a refresh rewind of a predetermined length from the saved position to refresh a user with the content of the multimedia file being continued. In an exemplary embodiment, a user is also presented with a selection device by which the user may create a title for one or more saved files and corresponding completion points within each saved file. A default file designation may be automatically entered by the program. A plurality of partially presented multimedia files may be saved and listed for subsequent continuation from the point of previous termination.