Patent ID: 8601517

Claim:
A set-top box, comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a controller coupled to the memory, wherein when executing the instructions, the controller performs operations comprising: receiving a media program from a communication network through a gateway device located at a premises of the set-top box; presenting the media program at a media device; pausing presentation of the media program responsive to a pause request; generating a departure mark that identifies a presentation point in the media program associated with the pause request; continuing to record the media program from the departure mark to generate a recorded media program stored at the set-top box; transmitting to a portable communication device a media controller emulator for controlling operations of the set-top box from a user interface of the portable communication device; receiving from the portable communication device a request to resume presentation of the media program from the departure mark responsive to a function of the media controller emulator selected at the portable communication device; and transmitting the recorded media program from the set-top box through the gateway device and the communication network to the portable communication device, wherein the recorded media program is transmitted from the departure mark for presentation of the recorded media program at the portable communication device.