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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Edward M. Tecot, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael J. Darnell, San Jose, CA (US);
Laurie June Vertelney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shannon C. Hegg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Edward M. Tecot, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Michael J. Darnell, San Jose, CA (US);
Laurie June Vertelney, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Shannon C. Hegg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Strategies are described for adding a mark to media content at a source location in response to the activation of a marking mechanism, and then resuming the presentation of the media content at a second location based on the mark. The source location may be the same as the destination location, or the source location may differ from the destination location. In the latter case, the source location can correspond to a first room in a home that provides a first media processing mechanism, and the destination location can correspond to a second room in the home that provides a second media processing mechanism. The marking mechanism can correspond to a mark button provided by a remote control. Various user interface displays facilitate the adding of the mark and the resuming of the presentation, including various timelines displays, mark panel displays, thumbnail displays, etc.