Patent ID: 9736206
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. Client device for playing media content, comprising: a connection interface configured for establishing a connection with a server and for receiving a media content from the server via the connection, in which the connection interface is configured as a small distance wireless connection interface; a detector configured for detecting, whether playing of the media content is to be continued beyond a termination of the connection with the server, and configured for providing a detection result in case it is determined that the playing of the media content is to be continued beyond the termination of the connection with the server; a large distance wireless connection interface configured for establishing a connection to the Internet; and a processor configured for taking an action to continue the playing of the media content by the client device beyond the termination of the connection with the server, in response to the detection result, wherein the processor is configured, to activate, as the action, the large distance wireless connection interface in response to an indication that the user has actuated a continue playing facility, and to connect to a server associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) and to download a remaining portion of the media content or to stream a remaining portion of the media content using a position information, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the uniform resource locator, from which the media content can be received, and to determine the position information indicating a position in the media content before or at which the connection to the server was terminated, and wherein at least one of the connection interface, the detector and the processor comprises a hardware implementation.