Patent ID: 8649659

Claim:
A method of enabling media content to be utilized by way of a plurality of media presentation devices including a first media presentation device and a second media presentation device, the method comprising: registering each of the media presentation devices with at least one cloud; receiving at a first cloud a first signal from the first media presentation device indicative of a request or command that a transmission of a media content signal by the at least one cloud be paused, the at least one cloud including the first cloud and the first cloud including at least one first server; sending a second signal from the first cloud to the second media presentation device, the second signal including bookmark information indicative of a location within the media content at which the media content signal has been paused, wherein the sending of the second signal is achieved by a push action taken by the first cloud; receiving a third signal from the second media presentation device, the third signal being indicative of a further request or command that the transmission of the media content signal from the at least one cloud be resumed; and resuming the transmission of the media content signal from the at least one cloud, wherein the resumed transmission is received by the second media presentation device, and wherein the media content signal provides a portion of the media content beginning at or substantially at the location indicated by the bookmark information.