Patent ID: 8793744

Claim:
A set-top box, comprising: a memory to store executable instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising: receiving a media program from a communication network through a gateway device collocated with the set-top box; presenting the media program at a media device; pausing presentation of the media program responsive to a pause request; generating a departure mark that identifies a presentation point in the media program associated with the pause request; recording the media program from the departure mark to generate a recorded media program; receiving from a portable communication device a request to resume presentation of the media program from the departure mark responsive to selection of a function of a media controller emulator executed by the portable communication device, wherein the media controller emulator is one of a plurality of media controller emulators; and transmitting the recorded media program by way of the gateway device and the communication network to the portable communication device, wherein the recorded media program is transmitted from the departure mark for presentation of the recorded media program at the portable communication device.