Patent ID: 8234349

Claim:
A method for creating a bookmark item in a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) network including a server, a player and a controller for controlling the server and the player, the method performed by the controller and comprising: performing a requesting operation to request rendering state information and transporting state information, the rendering state information and the transporting state information associated with playback of a content item, wherein when the UPnP network is configured in a specific mode, the requesting operation comprises: transmitting a request for the rendering state information and the transporting state information to a player; and receiving the rendering state information and the transporting state information from the player: and transmitting a creating request to a server, the creating request including the rendering state information and the transporting state information, wherein the creating request instructs the server to create the bookmark item in the server and to update the content item, the bookmark item used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting state information, wherein the bookmark item comprises the rendering state information, the transporting state information, a bookmark identifier (ID) and a content ID of the content item to associate the bookmark item with the content item, and wherein the content item is updated to include the bookmark ID to associate the content item with the bookmark item.