Patent ID: 8301795

Claim:
A method comprising: a content server device receiving a request from a mobile device, wherein the request seeks to have the content server device stream multimedia content to the mobile device, wherein the mobile device communicates via a wireless connection of which the mobile device is an endpoint; in response to receiving the request, the content server device streaming a first portion of the requested multimedia content to the mobile device via a first multimedia gateway (MMG) device and the wireless connection, wherein the mobile device communicates with the first MMG device via the wireless connection; while the content server device is streaming the first portion of the requested multimedia content to the mobile device, the content server device receiving, from the first MMG device, a termination indication specifying that the wireless connection has terminated; in response to receiving the termination indication, the content server device storing information indicating a point in the requested multimedia content at which the termination of the wireless connection occurred; the content server device receiving, from a second MMG device, a re-establishment indication specifying that the wireless connection has been re-established, wherein the mobile device communicates with the second MMG device via the wireless connection; and in response to receiving the re-establishment indication, the content server device (i) retrieving the stored information, and (ii) based on the retrieved information, streaming a second portion of the requested multimedia content to the mobile device via the second MMG device and the wireless connection.