Patent ID: 8537740
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. In a mobile communication device, a method for presenting media information to a user, the method comprising: receiving, at the mobile communication device, a first portion of a unit of media information from a remote media information source; presenting, at the mobile communication device, the first portion of the unit of media information; after presenting the first portion of the unit of media information, receiving a signal at the mobile communication device, wherein the received signal is unrelated to presentation of the media information; in response to the received signal, transmitting a control signal from the mobile communication device to the remote media information source over a dedicated reverse communication channel, where the control signal is configured to cause the remote media information source to stop transmitting the unit of media information to the mobile communication device; in conjunction with transmitting the control signal, stopping presentation of the media unit at a stopping point at a time before the remote media information source has stopped transmitting the unit of media information to the mobile communication device; receiving a second signal at the mobile communication device; in response to the received second signal, transmitting a second control signal from the mobile communication device to the remote media information source, wherein the second control signal is configured to cause the remote media information source to resume transmitting the unit of media information to the mobile communication device; receiving, at the mobile communication device, a second portion of the unit of media information from the remote media information source, the second portion of the unit of media information sequentially adjacent to the first portion of the unit of media information in the unit of media information; presenting, at the mobile communication device, the second portion of the unit of media information; and presenting an indication of how far the media information currently being presented lags a corresponding real-time transmission.