Patent ID: 8056113

Claim:
A television (TV) device, comprising: a memory adapted to store consumer electronics (CE) game applications; a communication interface module adapted to implement a communication process selected from a group consisting of cellular wireless communication, Bluetooth wireless communication, universal serial bus (USB) communication, and Internet Video Link; an input device adapted to receive user inputs from a TV remote control device; a display device adapted to display a Cross Media Bar (XMB) associated with a graphical user interface (GUI) of a TV user interface application; and a processor programmed to: receive a request to transfer a CE game application from a consumer electronics device to the TV device via the communication interface; receive the CE game application from the consumer electronics device via the communication interface; receive pause state information associated with the CE game application from the consumer electronics device via the communication interface; store the CE game application to the memory; store the pause state information to the memory; display a user option within the XMB associated with the GUI to resume execution of the CE game application; receive a user input request via the input device from the TV remote control device to resume execution of the CE game application; and resume execution of the CE game application from a state represented by the pause state information in response to the user input request.