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Media Playback System with Multiple Video Formats

  • US 20100057782A1
  • Filed: 08/27/2009
  • Published: 03/04/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A process including a user viewing a media item through at least one of a first device and a second device, the process comprising:

  • providing a database that stores the media item in a first format and a second format, where the first format can be played on the first device and the second format can be played on the second device;

    providing a processing unit;

    the user choosing to view the media item on the first device;

    the processing unit determining the first format is necessary to view the media item on the first device, retrieving the first format from the database, and playing the first format on the first device;

    the user pausing the media item on the first device in the first format at a stop time;

    the processing unit saving the stop time of the media item in the first format and the second format in the database;

    the user choosing to view the media item on the second device; and

    the processing unit determining the second format is necessary to view the media item on the second device, retrieving the second format from the database, and playing the second format on the second device from the saved stop time.

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