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Interface strategies for creating and invoking marks

US8336073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 29, 2010
Grant dateDec 18, 2012
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Expiry dateJun 16, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N21/43615
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Strategies are described for adding a mark to media content at a source location in response to the activation of a marking mechanism, and then resuming the presentation of the media content at a second location based on the mark. The source location may be the same as the destination location, or the source location may differ from the destination location. In the latter case, the source location can correspond to a first room in a home that provides a first media processing mechanism, and the destination location can correspond to a second room in the home that provides a second media processing mechanism. The marking mechanism can correspond to a mark button provided by a remote control. Various user interface displays facilitate the adding of the mark and the resuming of the presentation, including various timelines displays, mark panel displays, thumbnail displays, etc.

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