Multimedia Presentation Resumption within an Environment of Multiple Presentation Systems
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1. A multimedia-content resumption architecture comprising:
- a centralized multimedia server comprising;
one or more multimedia-content receivers configured to receive multimedia programs as part of one or more broadcast media transmissions;
one or more storage units configured to store multimedia programs;
a computing unit configured to generate and store one or more bookmarks associated with a particular multimedia content;
one or more multimedia presentations systems that are communicatively coupled to the server, a system comprising;
a multimedia rendering unit configured to present multimedia programs and one or more user interfaces (UIs); and
a computing unit configured to communicate with the server and further configured to generate a UI for presentation via the multimedia rendering unit.
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Abstract
With at least one implementation described herein, one or more viewers are able to watch the same source multimedia content at multiple locations within an environment (e.g., a household). With at least one implementation described herein, a viewer is able to resume watching such content at a new location (or “locus”) from the point that she bookmarked the content at an original location. This abstract itself is not intended to limit the scope of this patent. The scope of the present invention is pointed out in the appending claims.
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1. A multimedia-content resumption architecture comprising:
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a centralized multimedia server comprising; one or more multimedia-content receivers configured to receive multimedia programs as part of one or more broadcast media transmissions; one or more storage units configured to store multimedia programs; a computing unit configured to generate and store one or more bookmarks associated with a particular multimedia content; one or more multimedia presentations systems that are communicatively coupled to the server, a system comprising; a multimedia rendering unit configured to present multimedia programs and one or more user interfaces (UIs); and a computing unit configured to communicate with the server and further configured to generate a UI for presentation via the multimedia rendering unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A multimedia server system which is configured to be communicatively coupled to one or more multimedia presentation systems, the server system comprising:
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one or more multimedia-content receivers configured to receive multimedia programs; one or more storage units configured to store multimedia programs; a computing unit configured to; bookmark a point during a presentation of a multimedia program; associate one or more properties with the bookmark; store the bookmark in association with the multimedia program. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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