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Method and system of bookmarking content in a mobile device

  • US 10,585,568 B1
  • Filed: 03/15/2013
  • Issued: 03/10/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • establishing a bookmark list in a memory of a mobile device;

    generating an audible request for content metadata;

    communicating the audible request to a head end or set top box;

    receiving a plurality of the content metadata at the mobile device comprising content identifiers and other metadata;

    thereafter, storing the plurality of the content metadata in the memory of the mobile device to form stored data;

    displaying a list of video content entries comprising the plurality of the content metadata from a display associated with the mobile device;

    bookmarking a first video content entry corresponding to a first video content from the list on the display;

    in response to bookmarking the first video content entry from the display, deleting the plurality of the content metadata corresponding to the first video content except for a first content identifier comprising only an alphabetic or numeric identifier in the bookmark list, said bookmark list comprising a plurality of content identifiers and the first content identifier wherein a total number of content identifiers is limited;

    thereafter, opening a bookmark screen at the mobile device;

    communicating the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list to a content data source in response to opening the bookmark screen on the display, said content data source located remotely from the mobile device;

    communicating content metadata for the first video content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list and not the video content corresponding to the first video content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list through a network to the mobile device in response to receiving the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers;

    displaying the content metadata corresponding to the first content identifier and the plurality of content identifiers in the bookmark list at the mobile device;

    thereafter, selecting the content metadata of the first video content identifier or any of the plurality of content identifiers from the bookmark list at the mobile device; and

    communicating a video from a content repository corresponding to the selected content metadata in response to the selection.

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