Patent ID: 8886710
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: enabling a user to acquire a license for identified content, the license being associated with a plurality of formats of the identified content, the plurality of formats including at least a first format and a second format, the second format being unavailable at a time when the user acquired the license, the identified content containing a plurality of portions of content that are individually associated with a particular format of the plurality of formats; receiving, by a computing device, from a first electronic device of the user: determining, by the computing device, the first format of the identified content to be accessible via the first electronic device based at least in part upon one or more of the received capabilities of the first electronic device and based at least in part on at least one of user history information or user behavior information; enabling the user to access the first format of the identified content via the first electronic device, the first format being available at the time when the user acquired the license; receiving a pause command from the first electronic device with respect to the identified content; storing information for the user with respect to the identified content indicating a pause location in the identified content at which the pause command was caused to be received; receiving from a second electronic device of the user: identifying, by the computing device, the second format of the identified content to be accessible via the second electronic device based at least in part upon one or more of the received capabilities of the second electronic device and based on at least one of the user history information or the user behavior information; determining a resume location in the second format that corresponds to the pause location in the first format; enabling the user to access the identified content in the second format via the second electronic device from the resume location; providing to the user, on the second electronic device, one or more decision points of the identified content, the one or more decision points provided based at least in part on the license, an individual decision point corresponding to a particular portion of the plurality of portions of content; receiving, from the second electronic device, a selection from the user associated with a decision point of the one or more decision points; and in response to receiving the selection, enabling the user to access the identified content in a third format of the plurality of formats via the second electronic device based at least in part on the one or more of the received capabilities of the second electronic device and the license.