Media playback system with multiple video formats
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1. A system for allowing playback of a media file using at least one of a first device or a second device, the system comprising:
- a database that stores the media file 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; and
a processing unit that determines which of the first format and the second format to provide for viewing the media file using at least one of the first device and the second device;
a memory for saving information indicating a resume point of the media file associated with a user profile, wherein the information indicates the resume point in the first format and separately indicates the resume point in the second format such that the media file can be resumed at the resume point in one of;
the first format using the first device, andthe second format using the second device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a process for a user viewing a media item. The process comprises the user viewing the media item on a first device in a first format, and the user pausing the media item at a stop time. The stop time is saved in the first format and a second format. The process further comprises the user choosing to view the media item on a second device requiring the second format. The media item is resumed in the second format from the saved stop time.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for allowing playback of a media file using at least one of a first device or a second device, the system comprising:
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a database that stores the media file 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; and a processing unit that determines which of the first format and the second format to provide for viewing the media file using at least one of the first device and the second device; a memory for saving information indicating a resume point of the media file associated with a user profile, wherein the information indicates the resume point in the first format and separately indicates the resume point in the second format such that the media file can be resumed at the resume point in one of; the first format using the first device, and the second format using the second device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A process for allowing playback of a media file to be stopped using a first device and resumed using a second device, the process comprising:
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receiving, with a network interface, a request to view the media file on the first device; determining to provide the media file to the first device using a first format; providing, via the network interface, the media file in the first format to the first device; receiving an indication that playback of the media file on the first device has been stopped; automatically generating, with a processor, information related to a resume point of the media file, based on the indication that the playback of the media file on the first device has been stopped, wherein the information indicates the resume point in the first format and separately indicates the resume point in the second format; associating the information related to the resume point of the media file with a user profile; storing the information related to the resume point of the media file; receiving, with the network interface, a request to view the media file on the second device, wherein the request to view the media file on the second device is associated with the user profile; determining to provide the media file to the second device using a second format; retrieving, for the media file in the second format, the information related to the resume point; and providing, via the network interface, the media file in the second format to the second device such that playback of the media file using the second device can begin at a point in the media file corresponding to the resume point. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for allowing playback of a media file to be stopped using a first device and resumed using a second device, the computer-readable medium having instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
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receive a request to view the media file on the first device; determine to provide the media file to the first device using a first format; provide the media file in the first format to the first device; receive an indication that playback of the media file on the first device has been stopped; generate information related to a resume point of the media file, based on the indication that the playback of the media file on the first device has been stopped, wherein the information indicates the resume point in the first format and separately indicates the resume point in the second format; associate the information related to the resume point of the media file with a user profile; store the information related to the resume point of the media file; receive a request to view the media file on the second device, wherein the request to view the media file on the second device is associated with the user profile; determine to provide the media file to the second device using a second format; retrieve, for the media file in the second format, the information related to the resume point; and provide the media file in the second format to the second device such that playback of the media file using the second device can begin at a point in the media file corresponding to the resume point. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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