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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Fang Zhu, Woburn, MA (US);
Wei Xia, Sudbury, MA (US);
Guanrao Chen, Woburn, MA (US);
Alex Sakharov, Natick, MA (US);
Gaurav D Mehta, Brighton, MA (US);
Zhiying Jin, Lexington, MA (US);
Jack Jianxiu Hao, Lexington, MA (US);
Fang Zhu, Woburn, MA (US);
Wei Xia, Sudbury, MA (US);
Guanrao Chen, Woburn, MA (US);
Alex Sakharov, Natick, MA (US);
Gaurav D Mehta, Brighton, MA (US);
Verizon Patent Licensing Inc., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method may include receiving, from a first user device associated with a user profile, a first request for a media file and streaming the media file over a network to the first user device in a first format appropriate for the first device. The method may also include stopping the streaming of the media file and associating a stop time with the stopping, wherein the stop time indicates a position in the media file and receiving, from a second user device different from the first user device, a second request for the media file, the second user device being associated with the user profile. The method may also include streaming, starting at the stop time, the media file over the network to the second user device in a second format appropriate for the second device and different than the first format.