Patent ID: 8005987

Claim:
A multi-representation media event handoff method for a wireless mobile media device and a second media device that is different than, physically separate from, and physically distinct from the wireless mobile media device, the method comprising: presenting, at the wireless mobile media device, a first media type representation of an event in progress, the first media type representation of the event in progress being identified by a first event identifier; interrogating a database with the wireless mobile media device to obtain a second event identifier that is correlated to the first event identifier, the database being physically separate and physically distinct from both the wireless mobile media device and the second media device; receiving, at the wireless mobile media device, the second event identifier obtained from the database; and transmitting the second event identifier from the wireless mobile media device to the second media device to initiate presentation of a second media type representation of the event in progress at the second media device in a manner that maintains content selection continuity from the first media type representation of the event in progress to the second media type representation of the event in progress, the second media type representation of the event in progress being identified by the second event identifier, and the second media type representation of the event in progress having a different presentation format than the first media type representation of the event in progress.