A method for receiving anchored location information for a multimedia content over a network by a client device in a network system streaming the multimedia content, the method comprising: responsive to receiving a request to stream multimedia content and sending the request, receiving a description file of a multimedia content requested over the network, and determining whether anchored location information of the multimedia content has been generated by searching an identifier in the description file of the multimedia content, the identifier indicating a uniform resource locator, URL, or uniform resource indicator, URI, pointing to an anchoring and sharing server where the anchored location information is stored; requesting the anchored location information of the multimedia content based on the identifier; and responsive to receiving the anchored location information, displaying thumbnail images corresponding to a particular location in the multimedia content associated with the anchored location information, wherein the particular location in the multimedia content is identified by receiving a user input for a selection of a time, a chapter or an image in the multimedia content, wherein the client device shares the anchored location information of the multimedia content with at least one other client device by sending identification information of the anchored location information to said at least one other client device, wherein the anchored location information includes information on the particular location and the thumbnail images as a visual indicator for the particular location, and wherein the identification information comprises the identifier indicating the URL or the URI, and indicates an existence of the anchored location information. responsive to receiving a request to stream multimedia content and sending the request, receiving a description file of a multimedia content requested over the network, and determining whether anchored location information of the multimedia content has been generated by searching an identifier in the description file of the multimedia content, the identifier indicating a uniform resource locator, URL, or uniform resource indicator, URI, pointing to an anchoring and sharing server where the anchored location information is stored; requesting the anchored location information of the multimedia content based on the identifier; and responsive to receiving the anchored location information, displaying thumbnail images corresponding to a particular location in the multimedia content associated with the anchored location information, wherein the particular location in the multimedia content is identified by receiving a user input for a selection of a time, a chapter or an image in the multimedia content, wherein the client device shares the anchored location information of the multimedia content with at least one other client device by sending identification information of the anchored location information to said at least one other client device, wherein the anchored location information includes information on the particular location and the thumbnail images as a visual indicator for the particular location, and wherein the identification information comprises the identifier indicating the URL or the URI, and indicates an existence of the anchored location information.