Patent ID: 7600690

Claim:
A method for tracking a location of a portable device when accessing media, comprising: during a media access session, wirelessly receiving media content into a portable device; collecting media access information, including information on the media access session, information on the media content received, and a location of the portable device in a wireless cellular telecommunications network during the media access session; and transmitting the media access information through the wireless cellular telecommunications network to a network server; wherein the media content received during the media access session includes at least a portion of full content; and wherein the portable device receives media content during a first media access session at a first location and during a second media access session at a second location, further comprising: collecting media access information at the first location and transmitting the media access information for the first location through the wireless cellular telecommunications network to the network server; and thereafter collecting media access information at the second location and transmitting the media access information for the second location through the wireless cellular telecommunications network to the network server.