Patent ID: 8527640

Claim:
A method for cloning a session that includes a presentation of a continuous media resource on a first device set, the method comprising: accessing via a programmed computer a session state record that includes continuous media resource identity data and a designation of a particular time position in the presentation of the continuous media resource on the first device set; facilitating via the programmed computer the cloning of the session associated with the accessed session state record to produce a cloned session at a second device set, the cloned session including a presentation of the continuous media resource on the second device set from a target presentation time position derived from the designation of the particular time position; prior to the start of the cloned session, enabling the presentation at the first device set to be stopped based on a first user input received from at least one of the first device set and the second device set; prior to the start of the cloned session, enabling options for the target presentation time position for the cloned session to be adjusted, wherein the options include at least an option to make an adjustment and an option to make no adjustment, based on receipt of a second user input from at least one of the first device set and the second device set; and in the event that the presentation of the continuous media resource on the first device set was not stopped in response to the first user input, continuing the presentation of the continuous media resource on the first device set after the cloning subject to user control of time position of the presentation of the continuous media resource on the first device set independently of user control of time position of the presentation of the continuous media resource on the second device set, and wherein the continuous media resource is to be viewed by a consumer.