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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:
Nov. 15, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Rovi Technologies Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Neil Katz, Parkland, FL (US);

Bruce P. Semple, Potomac, MD (US);

Edith H. Stern, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);

Barry E. Willner, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);

Assignee:

Rovi Technologies Corporation, San Carlos, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/472 (2011.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/2343 (2011.01); H04N 21/24 (2011.01); H04N 21/258 (2011.01); H04N 21/2662 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/658 (2011.01); H04N 21/845 (2011.01); H04N 21/231 (2011.01); H04N 21/239 (2011.01); H04N 21/242 (2011.01); H04N 21/262 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/47217 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/2343 (2013.01); H04N 21/2393 (2013.01); H04N 21/23109 (2013.01); H04N 21/2402 (2013.01); H04N 21/242 (2013.01); H04N 21/25808 (2013.01); H04N 21/2662 (2013.01); H04N 21/26208 (2013.01); H04N 21/44209 (2013.01); H04N 21/6582 (2013.01); H04N 21/8455 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system also can include delivering the media to a first client device in a format compatible with the first client device; interrupting the delivery of the media; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media where the interruption occurred; and resuming delivery of the media to a second client device, the resumed delivery beginning at a position in the media specified by the recorded bookmark. The method further can include identifying device properties for each of the first and second client devices; delivering the media to the first client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the first client device; and, delivering the media to the second client device in a format compatible with the identified device properties for the second client device.


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