Patent ID: 7870219
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first message at a digital identity server via a network, the first message comprising a video pause point of video presented at a first electronic communication device and identification information of a user; retrieving, by the server, a digital identity of the user in accordance with the identification information; storing the video pause point in the digital identity to generate an updated digital identity; receiving a second message at the digital identity server from a second electronic communication device via the network, the second message comprising the identification information of the user and configuration information of second electronic communication device; processing the identification information, by the server, to identify the updated digital identity; processing the configuration information to confirm that the second electric communication device is capable of presenting the video prior to transmitting the video pause point; and transmitting the video pause point via the network to permit presentation of the video at the second electronic communication device beginning at the video pause point.