Patent ID: 8584184

Claim:
A method for use in an interactive media guide system that provides users with access to media content, the method comprising: transmitting live media content to a first user device; receiving a first indication from the first user device associated with pausing the live media content that is transmitted to the first user device; responsive to receiving the first indication from the first user device, storing position information that is indicative of a point in the live media content at which the first indication is received; receiving a second indication from a second user device to resume, on the second user device, the live media content that was paused at the first user device; and responsive to receiving the second indication from the second user device: retrieving the stored position information, retrieving a recorded version of the live media content, and transmitting the retrieved recorded version of the live media to the second user device from a position in the recorded version of the live media content substantially near the point indicated by the retrieved position information.