Abstract:
Methods, systems, and products insert markers into recorded media modules. A pair of reference points is received that marks a position and another position in a recorded media module. A copy of the recorded media module is retrieved from memory. Portions of the copy of the recorded media module occurring before the position, and occurring after the another position, are discarded. The copy of the recorded media module occurring between the position and the another position is then presented to a user.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/612,334, filled Dec. 18, 2006 and now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,082,504, and incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
    
    
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     Disclosed herein are systems and methods for the presentation and marking of media modules. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Most media modules, such as audio, visual, and video media are presented to and consumed by a user in a linear fashion. The user typically starts from some starting point of the media and proceeds through to some end point. If the user desires to stop consuming the media at some point of interest between the start and end point, and to resume consuming the media at that point at a later time or on a different device, the user may be faced with locating the media module, or a copy thereof, and scanning the media to locate the point of interest. There is currently no method to resume the media on a second device starting from the point of interest without the user having to scan through the media module. 
     SUMMARY 
     Embodiments disclosed herein include systems and methods for marking a media module. According to one implementation, one or more computer readable media are described that may include executable instructions that, when executed, direct software to create a reference point on a first device to mark a point of a media module being presented on a second device. The one or more computer readable media may include also executable instructions that correlate the reference point on the first device to the point to be marked in the presentation of the media module presented on the second device. The media module or a copy of the media module may then be presented in a presentation module on a third device utilizing the marked point created using the reference point. 
     Other embodiments include systems for creating a marked media module. One such system may have a reference point creation module to create a reference point for marking a media module presented on a first media presentation device. The system may also have a reference point correlation module to create a marked media module using the reference point by correlating the reference point created with the reference point creation module to a point in the media module presented on the media presentation module at the moment that the reference point was created. A second media presentation device may be operable to access the marked media module and present the marked media module commencing with the marked reference point. 
     Other embodiments include software modules for marking a media module. One such software module may have a reference point creation module to create a reference point to mark a point of a media module being presented on a first device, and a reference point correlation module to correlate the reference point to the point in the presentation of the media module to be marked to create a marked media module. 
     Other systems, methods, and/or computer program products according to embodiments will be or become apparent to one with skill in the art upon review of the following drawings and detailed description. It is intended that all such additional systems, methods, and/or computer program products be included within this description, be within the scope of the present disclosure, and be protected by the accompanying claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  shows a computing device having a media module, media presentation module, and marking module for presenting and marking a media module; 
         FIG. 2  shows a system for presenting a media module on a first media presentation device, creating a marked media module on the first media presentation device and sending the marked media module to media presentation devices and/or media storage devices; 
         FIG. 3  shows a system for presenting a media module on a first media presentation device, creating a reference point on a reference point recordation device and resuming presentation of the media module on the reference point recordation device, which is a second media presentation module, using the reference point to resume the presentation from a marked point that corresponds to the point at which the reference point was created; 
         FIG. 4  shows a system for presenting a media module on a first media presentation device, creating a reference point on a reference point recordation device and resuming presentation of the media module on a second media presentation module, which is not the reference point recordation device, using the reference point to resume the presentation from a marked point that corresponds to the point at which the reference point was created; and 
         FIG. 5  shows a system for presenting a media module on a first media presentation device, creating a reference point on a reference point recordation device and sharing the reference point, or a marked media module created using the reference point, with other users or devices. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Systems and methods for creating a marked media file will now be described with more particularity and with reference to the drawings. 
     Personal Consumption Mode 
     According to a first implementation, various tools and techniques described herein may present a media module to a user, and may enable the user to consume the media module. The media module may contain data that is typically presented in a serial manner, such as audio, visual, or video media. Additionally, the tools and techniques may create a marked media module for enabling the user to quickly and easily return to a marked point of interest at a later time. The marked media module may be a marker, plurality of markers or modified version of the original media module and may be shared with other devices or other users. The original user and consumer of the media module, i.e. the person who created the marked media module, may control the original presentation of the media content. Thus, this implementation may be referred to as a “personal consumption mode.” As described in more detail below, the personal consumption mode may allow a user to share a marked media module between devices for which that user is registered. The personal consumption mode may also allow the user to share one or more marked media modules with selected users. The personal consumption mode will now be described with more detail, and by way of example, with reference to  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , a media presentation device  102  may present a media module  100  to a user through a media presentation module  104 . The media module  100  may reside within computer readable media  105  and may contain audio, visual, or video content or any other form of serially consumable media content or the like and may be digital or analog in nature. For example, the media module  100  may be a video file in digital format, such as a movie file. The movie or video file may be a Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) file, e.g. MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-7, MPEG-21; or other file, such as those commonly referred to as a Quicktime format (MOV), Audio Video Interleave (AVI), and Windows Media Video (WMV) files. The media module  100  may alternatively be an audio file such as those commonly referred to as MPEG layer 3 (MP3), Waveform audio format (WAV), Ogg format (OGG), Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Musical Instrument Digital Interface (MIDI) file. These lists are exemplary only and are not intended to be exhaustive or exclusive. 
     The presentation module  104  may include a media presentation software application, firmware, or the like. The media presentation module  104  may be transparent to the user or may incorporate user interaction. The media presentation module  104  may be located on computer readable media  105  or may be accessed remotely by the media presentation device  102 . The media presentation module  104  may have playback control  106  to allow the user to control the presentation of the media module  100 . Thus, continuing with the digital video example, the media presentation module  104  may be a video player software application (hereafter “video player”). The media presentation module  104  may have the playback control  106 , which may provide the user with the following functions: “play,” “stop,” “pause,” “fast forward,” “reverse,” “jump to,” “time lapse bar” or other control. 
     The media presentation device  102  may be any device that is operable to present the media module  100  to a user through the presentation module  104  located on the computer readable media  105  and connected to the processor  110 . For example, the media presentation device  102  may be a desktop or laptop computer, audio playback device (e.g. an mp3 player), text display device, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA) or other handheld device, digital camera, television monitor, gaming console, wristwatch display, or the like. 
     The computer-readable media  105  may include a marking module  108  that creates a marked media module  100 ′, so that the presentation may be resumed relative to the point at which an interrupt occurred previously, or at any other point of interest. In possible implementations, the marking module  108  may perform these functions in response to user command or input. The marking module  108  may be incorporated with or independent of the media presentation module  104 . For example, the marking module  108  may be presented to and accessed by the user through the media presentation module  104 . Alternatively, the marking module  108  may be a separate application, program, or algorithm from presentation module  104 , with the marking module  108  operating in conjunction with the presentation module  104  to create the marked media module  100 ′. 
     The marked media module  100 ′ may be a modified form of the original media module  100  in which one or more marked points may be easily accessed without scanning through the media to locate the marked point. The modified media may have an indicator that prompts the media presentation module  104  or a similar media presentation module to resume presenting marked media module  100 ′ from the marked point. Alternatively, the marked media module  100 ′ may include one or more markers or place identifiers created and stored as data. This data may be used with the original or another copy of the media module  100  to locate the specific point in the media module  100  to which the marker refers. 
     If the marked media module  100 ′ is a modified form of the original media module  100 , any unwanted portion of original media module  100  may be discarded. For example, a portion already presented to and consumed by the user, or unwanted by the user, may be discarded or “cropped.” Alternatively or additionally, the user may wish to discard media that would be presented in a serial manner at some point after the reference point. One example would be the originally presented media module  100  in which the user knows that only a certain portion of the media module  100  will be consumed relative to a particular mark. The marking module  108  may crop the portion of the content of media module  100  already viewed as well as a portion of the content at some point after the marked point. 
     As a more particular example, assume that a user is viewing a video media file that is 2 hours in length, and that the user wishes to mark the media at a given point 30 minutes into the video. If the user knows that the last 60 minutes are of no interest, the user may request that the marking module  108  create a marked media module  100 ′ that may start from the marked point at 30 minutes into the video and may end 60 minutes from the end of the video. 
     Similarly, when media is presented serially, but divided into chapters, the user may desire to consume only one or several chapters, beginning with the marked point. The user may request that the marking module  108  create a marked media module, such as the marked media module  100 ′, comprising media resuming from the reference point through the end of the chapter or including as many additional chapters as desired. Creating a cropped version of the media module  100  may reduce the size of the marked media module  100 ′, in terms of length and bytes of data, as the user consumes the media. Additionally, by creating a cropped version of the media module  100 , in which the marked media file starts from the mark, the marking module  108  may enable the user to more easily resume from the marked point, rather than having to search for the marked point. 
     The marked media module  100 ′, whether a modified version of the original media module or a separate marker, may contain or be associated with an information module  109 . For example, the information module  109  may indicate information such as who created the marked media module  100 ′, what content is contained in and/or marked by the marked media module  100 ′, source descriptor information, media format information, the marked media module  100 ′ creation date (e.g. timestamp, point during the presentation at which the marker was created, etc.), and/or other descriptive information (original presentation device information, etc.). If the media module  100  and/or the marked media module  100 ′ are digital in nature, the marked media module  100 ′ may refer to the marked point as a single byte of information or it may reference multiple bytes or a block of information, such as a chapter of a book or video, or even a particular page of a written text. 
     The marked media module  100 ′ may then be saved for future presentation on the presentation device  102 . The marked media module  100 ′may be stored on a central storage module for retrieval by the original media presentation device or other media presentation devices, or for resumption on another media presentation device, as will be described in further detail below with regard to the personal consumption mode implementation shown in  FIG. 2 . The example shown in  FIG. 2  will be described with regard to video media, though it is intended that the media could be in an audio, visual, or other media format. 
     1. Presentation of Media Module 
     According to the implementation shown in  FIG. 2 , the media module is a video  200  presented using video presentation software on a computer  202  so that a user may watch, listen, and otherwise experience the video  200 . The video  200  and the video presentation software may originally reside on the computer  202 . The computer  202  may be connected through a network  203 , such as the Internet, to a storage server  204 . This server  204  may be accessible only by a certain user, or may be made accessible to one or more other users. Thus, the video  200  and/or the video presentation software may alternatively be stored on the storage server  204  and/or accessible to the computer  202 . 
     2. Consumption Interruption 
     The user may consume the media, such as the video  200 , in a serial manner, but an interrupt may occur at some point during the presentation. For example, the user may pause or stop the video  200 , intending to resume playing the video from the paused point at a later time. In such an instance, the user may desire to mark the video  200  at a certain point and resume from that point. For convenience, this mark may be generally shown in  FIG. 2  using a time lapse bar  206 . A first side  208  of the bar  206  refers to the starting point of the video  200 . A second side  210  of the bar  206  refers to the end point of the video  200 , or to the end point of a selected portion of the video  200 , such as a chapter or scene. A marked point  212  may illustrate that the video  200  may have progressed to the point at which the user desires to create the mark. It should be noted that the bar  206  is provided to illustrate the serial nature of the presentation of the video  200 , and to show that the video  200  has progressed to some specific point during the presentation. However, the presentation module and presentation device need not display any such time lapse bar  206 . 
     3. Creation of Marked Media Module 
     The user may request that the marking module  108  create one or more marks with respect to the media module  100  at any desired point. For example, the user may desire to pause or stop the media presentation, and to resume the presentation of the media from the stopped point at a later time. The mark may be created in response to voice, keystroke, or other input, such as input from an input device. The user may request that the marking module  108  manually or automatically create a marked form of the originally presented media content. The marked media may be a modified form of the original media module, or may be a marker consisting of data that allows the user to return to the marked point. In some instances, if the marked media file is a modified form of the original media module, the modified media module may replace the original media module. In other instances, the marked media file may be saved or stored as a new module, so that the originally presented media module may be retained in its original form. 
     With reference to  FIG. 2 , the marked video  200 ′ may be a copy or version of the video  200 , with a marked point, such as the marked point  212 , inserted in the media. Other marked points may similarly be created and included in the marked video  200 ′. The modified video module  200 ′ may include an indicator that prompts the media presentation module  104  located on computer  202  or other device to resume from the mark  212  or other mark. Additionally or alternatively, any unwanted portion of the video  200  may be discarded. For example, the portion already viewed and consumed by the user may be “cropped” as described above. 
     Additionally, instead of copying or duplicating the original video  200 , the marked video module  200 ′ may include one or more markers or place identifiers. The marked video module  200 ′ as a marker or plurality of markers may include information regarding the marked point  212 , i.e. the media format, content, and location of the marked point  212  in the video  200 , etc. Such a marker may be used with the original or another copy of the video  200  to locate the marked point  212  in the video  200 . Creating the marked video module  200 ′ as a marker or plurality of markers minimizes the size of the marked video module  200 ′ by not including any content of the video. 
     4. Storing/Sending/Accessing the Marked Media Module 
     The marked video module  200 ′ may be saved on the computer  202 , sent to the storage server  204  for retrieval by the computer  202  or by other media presentation devices, or it may be sent directly to another media presentation device. For example, the marked video module  200 ′ may be stored in the storage server  204  that may be accessible to a cellular phone  214 , a display  216 , a handheld device  218  or any other device capable of presenting video media. The original user or another authorized user may then retrieve the marked module  200 ′ for presentation or consumption. The user may locate and/or retrieve the marked video module  200 ′ using a search engine or other searching module. 
     Alternatively or additionally, the marked video  200 ′ may be sent directly to one or more of the devices  214 ,  216 ,  218 , or the like. Thus, if a user were viewing the video  200  on the computer  202 , the user may request that the marking module  108  mark the video  200  to create the marked video module  200 ′ and send the marked video  200 ′ to, for example, the handheld device  218  so that the video  200 ′ could continue to be viewed while the viewer was away from the computer  202 . The operation of sending may be accomplished through a communication cable, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable, through a wireless connection, or other suitable communication connection. 
     In the event that the marked media module takes the form of a user-created marker or markers referencing a media module, such as the video  200 , the user may use the computer  202  or other media presentation device together with the marker to locate the video  200 , or a copy of the video  200 . The user may additionally or alternatively use the computer  202  or other media presentation device together with the marker to locate the marked point  212  in the video  200 . The marker or a media presentation module, such as the media presentation module  104  in  FIG. 1 , may be configured to commence presentation of the video  200  starting at the marked point  212  based on information contained in the marked media module. Creating a marked media module as a marker or plurality of markers that do not modify the video  200  may result in a marked media module that is relatively small in size, as it contains little or no video content, but may be combined with any copy of the video  200  stored in any location. Additionally, due to its relatively diminutive size, a marker or markers may be more easily shared between devices and/or users than a modified form of the original media. 
     In addition to, or as an alternative to, storing the marked video  200 ′ on the original presentation device, such as the computer  202 , the marked video  200 ′ may be stored in the storage server  204  accessible by one or more other users and/or devices. The one or more users and/or devices may request retrieval of the marked video  200 ′ from the storage server  204  in order to present the marked video  200 ′. For example, the marked video  200 ′ may be accessed by the handheld device  218  through the network  203 , which may have wired or wireless components. The user of the device  218  may search through the network  203  using a search engine to locate the storage server  204  and/or specifically the marked video  200 ′. The marked video  200 ′ may be presented together with other marked media modules so that users may select one or more media modules for presentation and consumption. 
     In some instances, the marked video  200 ′ (or marker referring to video  200 ) may be available to other users through the network  203 . In such an instance, the user who originally consumed and created the marked video  200 ′ may notify one or more other users of the location and/or other identifying and descriptive characteristics of the marked video  200 ′ (or marker referring to the video  200 ). The one or more users may obtain access information to access the marked video  200 ′. 
     The marked media module  200 ′ may additionally be converted from one media format to another. For example, the video  200  may be converted to a corresponding audio presentation. Thus, a user watching the video  200  on the computer  202  may request that the marking module  108  create a marked audio version  200 ″ of the video  200  and send it directly, or indirectly, to an audio media presentation device, such as a hand held personal audio device  220 . The user may then consume the media in an audio form commencing from a point coinciding with the marked point  212  created with respect to the video  200 . This conversion may be performed by translating the marked point  212  in the video  200  to a corresponding point in a corresponding audio file or to the audio content of the video  200 . 
     Public Consumption Mode 
     According to another implementation, various tools and techniques described herein may be used to create a reference point on a marking device to mark a point of a media module being presented on a media presentation device. The media module may contain data that is typically presented in a serial manner, such as audio, visual, or video media. A reference point creation module may enable a user to create a reference point on the marking device. A reference point correlation module may correlate the reference point on the marking device to a point of the presentation of the media module. A presentation module may enable the user to continue presentation of the media module or of a modified form of the media module by utilizing the reference point. The device originally presenting the media module may present the media module to the public and may or may not be controlled by the user controlling the reference point creation device. Therefore, this implementation may be generally referred to as a “public consumption mode.” The public consumption mode will now be described with more detail, and by way of example, with reference to  FIGS. 3 ,  4 , and  5 . 
     According to the implementation shown in  FIG. 3 , a system is illustrated for creating a reference point relative to the presentation of a media module  300 . A first media presentation device  302  may present the media module  300  through a media presentation module  304 . The media module  300  may contain audio, visual, or video content or any other form of serially consumable media or the like and may be digital or analog in nature. For example, the media module  300  may be a video file in digital format, such as a Moving Pictures Experts Group (MPEG) file, e.g. MPEG 4-MPEG 7-MPEG 21, or a so-called “.mov” file. An information module  305  may contain information regarding the media module  300 , such as media content, presentation information, source information, set list or other descriptive information. 
     The media presentation device  302  may be any device that is operable to present the media module  300  to a user and/or a public audience through the media presentation module  304 . For example, the media presentation device  302  may be a television monitor, desktop or laptop computer, video display device, audio playback device (e.g. an mp3 player), text display device, cellular telephone, personal digital assistant (PDA) or other handheld device, digital camera, gaming console, or the like. 
     The media presentation module  304  may be a media presentation software application, firmware, or the like for presenting the media module  300 . The media presentation module  304  may be transparent to the user or may incorporate user interaction. The media presentation module  304  may be located on, in, or accessed by the media presentation device  302 . 
     The media presentation device  302  may present the media module  300  to a user. The user may or may not have any control over the media presentation device  302 . In other words, the user may actively interact with the media presentation device  302  or the user may merely passively interact by consuming media presented on the media presentation device  302 . 
     A marking device  306  may, but need not, be a media presentation device. The marking device  306  may be any device that is operable to create a reference point using a reference point creation module  308 . The reference point creation module  308  may be located on a computer readable media  309  and connected to a processor  313  installed on the marking device  306 . The reference point may be a timestamp or other data that can be used for determining the point in the media module  300 , for which the reference point was created. The reference point creation module  308  may be a software application, program, or algorithm or the like. 
     A reference point correlation module  310  may enable a user to determine at what point during the presentation of the media module  300  on the presentation device  302  the user created the reference point. For example, in the instance when a user creates a timestamp using the reference point creation module  308 , the reference point correlation module  310  may enable the user to identify the media module  300  being presented on the media presentation device  302  and to determine the point in the media module  300  that was presented at the time that the timestamp was created. The reference correlation module may use this information to create a marked media module  300 ′. The reference point correlation module  310  may be a software application, program, or algorithm and may be located on the marking device  306 , as shown in  FIG. 3 . 
     The marking device  306  may communicate with the media presentation device  302  and may retrieve or access the information module  305  from the media presentation device  302  in creating the reference point or in correlating the reference point to the media module  300  being presented on the media presentation device  302 . Any or all of the devices  302 ,  306 , and/or a device  314  may be communicatively coupled either directly (e.g. through a wired or wireless connection) or through a network  318 , such as the Internet. 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , a reference correlation module  410  may additionally or alternatively be located on the media presentation device  314 . In such an instance, the correlation between the reference point and the point during presentation of the media module  300  desired to be marked could be performed on the media presentation device  314 . The media presentation device  314  may communicate with the media presentation device  302  and/or the marking device  306  directly or through a network  418 . 
     Once the correlation is complete, the marked media module  300 ′ may be presented relative to the reference point. The presentation may be resumed on the device  306  if that device is a media presentation device equipped with a media presentation module  312 . Additionally or alternatively, the marked media module  300 ′ may be sent to another media presentation device, such as the computer  314 . 
     The marked media module  300 ′ may be a modified form of the original media module  300  so that the marked point may be accessed without the user scanning through the media content to locate the marked point. The marked media  300 ′ may be provided with an indicator that prompts the media presentation module  312  associated with the device  306  or a media presentation module  316  associated with the media presentation device  314  to resume from the marked point or that allows the user to otherwise jump to the marked point. Alternatively, the marked media module  300 ′ could be a marker or place identifier relatively independent of the media module  300 . More particularly, the marker may be created and stored as data on the device  306  and/or the device  314  to be used with the original or another copy of the media module  300  to locate the specific point in the media module  300  to which the marker refers. 
     If the marked media module  300 ′ is a modified form of the original media module  300 , any unwanted portion of the original media module  300  may be discarded. For example, a portion already presented to and consumed by the user, or unwanted by the user, may be discarded or “cropped.” Alternatively or additionally, the user may wish to discard media that would be presented in a serial manner at some point after the reference point. One example would be the originally presented media module  300  in which the user knows that only a certain portion of the media module  300  will be consumed relative to a particular mark. The user may crop the portion of the content of the media module  300  already viewed as well as a portion of the content at some point after the reference point. 
     As a more particular example, assume that a user is viewing a video media file that is 2 hours in length, and that the user wishes to mark the media at a given point 30 minutes into the video. If the user knows that the last 60 minutes are of no interest, the user may request that the reference point correlation module  310  create the marked media module  300 ′. This marked media module  300 ′ may start from the marked point at 30 minutes into the video and may end 60 minutes from the end of the video. 
     Similarly, when media is presented serially, but divided into chapters, the user may desire to consume only one or several chapters beginning with the marked point. The user may create the marked media module  300 ′ comprising media resuming from the reference point through the end of the chapter or including as many additional chapters as desired. Cropping the media module  300  or creating a cropped copy of the media module  300  may reduce the size of the media module  300 ′, in terms of length and bytes of data, as the user consumes the media. Cropping the media module  300  at the marked point, may allow the user to more easily resume from the marked point rather than having to search for or jump to the marked point. 
     The marked media module  300 ′, whether a modified version of the original media module or a separate marker, may contain or be associated with descriptive information. For example, the marker may indicate information such as who created the marked media module  300 ′, what content is contained in and/or marked by the marked media module  300 ′, source descriptor information, media format information, mark creation date and time (e.g. timestamp, point during the presentation at which the marker was created, etc.), and/or other descriptive information. If the media module  300  and/or the marked media module  300 ′ are digital in nature, the marked media module  300 ′ may refer to the reference point as a single byte of information or it may reference multiple bytes or a block of information, such as a chapter of a book or video, or even a particular page of a written text. 
     The marked media module  300 ′ may be saved for future presentation on the marking device  306 , on the media presentation device  314  or on a central storage module for retrieval by or other media presentation devices, or on another media presentation device, as will be described in further detail below with regard to the public consumption mode implementation shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     1. Presentation of Media Module 
     According to the example shown in  FIG. 5 , the media module may be a video  500  presented on a first video monitor  502 , such as a monitor in an airport that presents broadcast television or video media content that is contained in, or referred to by, a data set or play list available to a user and/or the public. The user may consume the media by watching, listening and/or otherwise experiencing the video  500 . The video  500  and/or an associated play list may be stored on a storage device  504 . The storage device  504  may be communicatively coupled with the media presentation device  502 . The media storage device  504  may also be connected to a network  503 , such as the Internet, so that one or more users may obtain information related to the play list and/or the presentation of the media module  500 . Additionally or alternatively, information regarding the play list and/or the presentation of the media module  500  may be made available to the user without providing access to the storage device  504 . 
     For convenience, progression of the video in a serial fashion may be generally shown in  FIG. 5  using a time lapse bar  506 . A first side  508  of the bar  506  refers to the starting point of the video  500 . A second side  510  of the bar  506  refers to the end point of the video  500  or to the end point of a selected portion of the video  500 , such as a chapter or scene. A marked point  512  may represent the point during the presentation of the video  500  at which the user desires to resume the presentation using another media presentation device. It should be noted that the bar  506  is provided to illustrate the serial nature of the presentation of the video  500  and to show that the video  500  may have progressed to some specific point during the presentation, but that the presentation module and presentation device need not display any such time lapse bar  506 . 
     2. Creation of a Reference Point to Mark the Media Module 
     While consuming the video  500  presented on the monitor  502 , the user may experience an interruption or may desire to mark a point of interest. The user may or may not control the first media presentation device  502 . Thus, the user may use the marking device  306  having the reference point creation module  308  to create a reference point corresponding to the mark point  512  during the presentation by recording reference information on the reference point creation module  308 . More particularly, the marking device  306  may be a cellular telephone, digital wristwatch, personal media presentation device or the like. The reference point  512  may be created by voice, keystroke, or other input, such as input from an input device to instruct the reference point creation module  308  to create a reference point. 
     Using the cellular telephone as an example, the cellular telephone may be equipped with reference point creation software and/or hardware. The user may provide some input to designate a reference point, which may be independent of the point  512  desired to be marked by the user (hereafter “mark point”), but which may be correlated to the mark point  512 . For example, the user may provide an input that creates a time stamp reference point. The user may also input relative presentation information such as the source and/or location of the presentation of the video  500  as well as other identifying information. A reference point correlation module, such as the reference point correlation module  310 , may correlate the timestamp to the media presentation information in order to determine the mark point  512 . The user may input the media presentation information manually using a key pad, voice recording module, or voice recognition module. 
     Additionally or alternatively, the marking device  306  may be capable of coupling with the media presentation device  502  through a wired or wireless coupling to obtain the relevant information regarding the video  500  or a copy of the video  500 . The marking device  306  may be further operable to download the information or copy from the media presentation device  502  and/or storage device  504 . The media presentation device  502  and/or storage device  504  may indicate the point during the presentation of the video  500  that the reference point was created by the user. Additionally or alternatively, the media presentation device  502  and/or storage device  504  may provide a play list or a dataset as information for correlation of the reference point to the mark point  512 . 
     3. Creation of a Marked Media Module 
     The reference point correlation module  310  may allow the user to determine at what point during the presentation of the video module  500  the reference point was created. For example, if the user created a time stamp on a cellular telephone, the reference point correlation module  310  may use the time stamp together with the information collected in creating the reference point to identify the video module  500  being presented on the first media presentation device  502  and to determine the desired mark point  512 . This information may be used to create a marked video module  500 ′. 
     The marked video module  500 ′ may be created as a modified form of the original video module  500  in which the marked point  512  may be easily accessed without the user having to scan through the video module  500  to locate the marked point  512 . For example, the marked media module  500 ′ may be a copy or version of the video module  500  with the mark point  512 . The modified video module  500 ′ may have an indicator that prompts the media presentation module  312  located on the marking device  306  or other device to resume from the mark point  512 . Additionally or alternatively, any unwanted portion of the video  500  may be may be discarded. For example, the portion already viewed and consumed by the user may be discarded or “cropped.” Thus, if a user has the marking device  306 , such as a cellular telephone, with the media presentation module  312 , the user may use the reference point correlation module  310  to create the marked video module  500 ′ for viewing on the device  306  starting at the mark point  512 . 
     The marked video module  500 ′ may instead be a marker or place identifier, which may minimize the size of the marked video module  500 ′ by not including any content of the video module  500 , but instead including the mark point  512  information for later correlation. Such a marker may be used with the original or another copy of the video module  500  to locate the mark point  512  in a subsequent presentation of the video module  500 . Additionally or alternatively, the marker may be sent to a computer  314  which may be provided with the reference point correlation module  410 , as shown in  FIG. 4 , in order to resume watching the marked video module  500 ′ on the computer  314 . 
     4. Storing/Sending/Accessing the Marked Media Module 
     The marked video module  500 ′ may be saved on, for example, the marking device  306  or the computer  314 , and made available to other media presentation devices or sent directly to another media presentation device. The marked video module  500 ′ may be made accessible through the network  503  to a handheld device  514  or any other device capable of presenting video media. The original user or another authorized user may then retrieve and view the marked video module  500 ′. The operation of sending directly between two devices may be accomplished through a communication cable, such as a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable, through a wireless connection, or other suitable communication connection. 
     The user or users of the devices  306 ,  314 ,  514  and other media presentation devices may search through the network  503  using a search engine to locate and access the marked video  500 ′. The marked video  500 ′ may be presented together with other marked media modules so that users may choose between one or more media modules for presentation and consumption. 
     In the event that the marked video module  500 ′ (or marker referring to video module  500 ) is made available to other users through the network  503 , the user who originally consumed and created the marked video module  500 ′ may notify one or more other users of the location and/or other identifying and descriptive characteristics of the marked video module  500 ′ (or marker referring to video module  500 ). The one or more users may obtain access information to access the marked media  500 ′. 
     The marked media module  500 ′ may additionally or alternatively be converted from one media format to another. For example, the marked video module  500 ′ may be converted to a corresponding audio presentation module  500 ″. Thus, a user watching the video module  500  on the monitor  502  may create a marked audio module version  500 ″ of the video module  500  and consume the media in an audio form commencing from a point coinciding with the mark point  512  through the phone speaker or other audio output mechanism. Additionally or alternatively, the user may send the marked audio version  500 ″ either directly or indirectly to an audio media presentation device, such as hand held personal audio device  516 . This conversion may be performed by translating the marked point  512  in the video module  500  to a corresponding point in a corresponding audio file or to the audio portion of the video module  500 . 
     CONCLUSION 
     Although the invention has been described in language specific to structural features and/or methodological steps, it is to be understood that the invention defined in the appended claims is not necessarily limited to the specific features or steps described. Rather, the specific features and steps are disclosed as preferred forms of implementing the claimed invention.