Patent ID: 8380811

Claim:
A method for managing a bookmark item and a content item, the method performed by a server and comprising: receiving, from a controller, a creating request for creating the bookmark item, wherein the bookmark item is created in response to the creating request and comprises a bookmark identifier (ID) of the bookmark item, rendering state information , transporting state information, and a content ID of the content item; updating the content item to include the bookmark ID for associating the content item with the bookmark item; receiving, from the controller, a deleting request, the deleting request instructing the server to perform a content deleting operation; and performing the content deleting operation, wherein the content deleting operation comprises: searching the bookmark item associated with the content item that is to be deleted by the request, wherein the bookmark item is searched using the bookmark ID included in the content item; deleting the content item that is to be deleted according to the request; and deleting the searched bookmark item wherein the bookmark item is used for recovering the rendering state information and the transporting information associated with playback of the content item, wherein the rendering state information is associated with a rendering control service and includes at least audio volume or display luminance, and wherein the transporting state information is associated with an audio/ video (AV) transport service and includes at least presentation time.