User controlled multi-device media-on-demand system
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1. A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system comprising the steps of:
- delivering the media to a first client device through a first communications link, wherein the media is configured in a format compatible with identified device properties of said first client device and said first client device is associated with a first user;
recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media; and
delivering the media to a second client device through a second communications link, said delivery to said second client device beginning at said position specified by said recorded bookmark, wherein the media is configured in a format compatible with identified device properties of said second client device and said second client device also is associated with said first user.
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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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1. A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system comprising the steps of:
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delivering the media to a first client device through a first communications link, wherein the media is configured in a format compatible with identified device properties of said first client device and said first client device is associated with a first user; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media; and delivering the media to a second client device through a second communications link, said delivery to said second client device beginning at said position specified by said recorded bookmark, wherein the media is configured in a format compatible with identified device properties of said second client device and said second client device also is associated with said first user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing configurable access to media in a media-on-demand system comprising:
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delivering the media to a first client device in a first format compatible with said first client device, wherein said first client device is associated with a first user; interrupting said delivery of said media; recording a bookmark specifying a position in the media when said interruption occurred; and resuming delivery of the media to a second client device in a second format compatible with said second client device, said resumed delivery beginning at a position in the media specified by said recorded bookmark, wherein said second client device also is associated with said first user. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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