Patent ID: 8055784

Claim:
A method for use by a content navigation module for managing delivery of content, the method comprising: communicating an identifier contained in the content navigation module with a first computing device to enable the first computing device to receive a selected content from a presentation server over a network; receiving a delivery progress of the selected content from the first computing device periodically; storing the delivery progress received periodically in the content navigation module; registering the delivery progress stored in the content navigation module prior to losing communication with the first computing device as a pause point of the selected content; and communicating the identifier contained in the content navigation module and the pause point stored in the content navigation module with a second computing device to enable the second computing device to resume receiving the selected content from the server over the network according to the pause point stored in the content navigation module; wherein the content navigation module is a portable device separable from the first computing device and the second computing device, and wherein the portable device includes an interface for communication with the first computing device and the second computing device, the interface being at least one of a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface and a wireless interface.