Patent ID: 9571867
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: associating a first user device and a second user device with a user account at a head end; authorizing the first user device and the second user device to receive content; selecting a first content title for a first content from the first user device to form a selection signal; communicating the first content to the first user device corresponding to the selection signal; storing the first content in a memory of the first user device; displaying the first content on a first display associated with the first user device by playing back the first content from the memory; while displaying the first content on the display associated with the first user device, continually communicating a playback position status signal corresponding to a last viewed playback position of the first content and a first user device identifier from the first user device to the head end; generating a position selection screen display at the second user device comprising the first user device identifier for selecting the last viewed playback position of the first user device; communicating a playback position selection signal to a storage device storing the first content therein, said storage device separate from the first user device; displaying the first content at the second user device beginning at the last viewed position in response to the playback position selection signal.