Patent ID: 8799968

Claim:
A method for resuming playback of streamed digital content at a location where the playing of said content previously was stopped, comprising: streaming content in a wireless fashion to a mobile handset; initiating a timer on said mobile handset; playing said content on said mobile handset; receiving a command including a request to stop playing said content; stopping the playing of said content on said mobile handset; stopping the streaming of said content to said mobile handset; based on timer data from said mobile handset, recording a log entry in a log associated with said mobile handset, wherein said log entry identifies a location within said content at the time when said mobile handset stopped playing said content; receiving a first request from said mobile handset to resume streaming of said content; based on said log entry, informing said mobile handset of said location within said content where the playing of said content previously was stopped; and resuming streaming of said content at said location to said mobile handset in response to a second request from said mobile handset to resume streaming of said content at said location.