System and method for presenting content on a wireless mobile computing device using a buffer

A wireless mobile computing device, comprising:

• a wireless receiver that receives wireless data including multiple video streams conveying different perspectives of a live event and bookmark data, each video stream of the multiple video streams conveys video information of the live event as the live event occurs, the multiple video streams include a first video stream and a second video stream;
• a display;
• a processor in communication with the display, the processor implements a user interface for the wireless mobile computing device, the user interface receives a selection of the second first video stream, the selected second video stream is displayed on the display in response to the selection;
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• a buffer in communication with the receiver, the buffer simultaneously buffers the multiple video streams received in the common wireless data stream, at least a subset of the multiple video streams received in the common wireless data stream is automatically buffered without receiving a user selection at the wireless mobile computing device to buffer or display any of the subset of the multiple video streams, the at least a subset of the multiple video streams includes the first video stream and the second video steam, the bookmark data points to a first portion the first video stream buffered on the wireless mobile computing device, the bookmark data is associated with an occurrence of a particular event at the live event, the bookmark data is received at a point in time after the occurrence of the particular event, the bookmark data is received at a point in time after the first portion of the first video stream has been received and buffered, in response to receiving a request at the user interface to play a first video stream of the buffered video streams the processor causes the first portion of the first video stream that is buffered and pointed to by the bookmark data received in the wireless data to be played on the display.

A method for presenting content on a mobile device, comprising:

• receiving at the mobile device a common wireless data stream, the common wireless data stream includes a plurality of video streams conveying different perspectives of a live event, each video stream of the plurality of video streams conveys video information of the live event as the live event occurs, the plurality of video streams includes a first video stream and a second video stream, the common wireless data stream includes a first bookmark;
• buffering on the mobile device the first portion of the first video stream and a first portion of the second video stream, the first portion of the first video stream and the first portion of the second video stream are automatically buffered without any intervention by an end user of the mobile device to buffer or display the plurality of video streams, the first bookmark points to a first portion of the first video stream associated with an occurrence of a particular event at the live event, the first bookmark is received at a point in time after the occurrence of the particular event, the first bookmark is received at a point in time after the first portion of the first video stream has been received and buffered;
• displaying on a display of the mobile device the second video stream as the second video stream is received;
• displaying on the display of the mobile device a first selectable image associated with the first bookmark;
• receiving a selection of the first selectable image;
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• displaying on the display of the mobile device the buffered first portion of the first video stream in response to receiving the selection of the first selectable image.

A mobile device, comprising:

• a receiver, the receiver receives a common wireless data stream, the common wireless data stream includes a plurality of video streams conveying different perspectives of a live event, each video stream of the plurality of video streams conveys video information of the live event as the live event occurs, the plurality of video streams includes a first video stream and a second video stream, the common wireless data stream includes a first bookmark;
• a memory, the memory buffers the first portion of the first video stream and a first portion of the second video stream, the first portion of the first video stream and the first portion of the second video stream are automatically buffered without any intervention by an end user of the mobile device to buffer or display the plurality of video streams, the first bookmark points to a first portion of the first video stream associated with an occurrence of a particular event at the live event, the first bookmark is received at a point in time after the occurrence of the particular event, the first bookmark is received at a point in time after the first portion of the first video stream has been received and buffered;
• a processor in communication with the receiver and the memory, the processor accesses the buffered first portion of the first video stream in response to a selection of an indication of the first bookmark by the end user, the processor plays the first portion of the first video stream in response to the selection of the indication of the first bookmark;
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• a display in communication with the processor, the display displays the indication of the first bookmark prior to the selection of the indication of the first bookmark, the display displays the first portion of the first video stream in response to the selection of the indication of the first bookmark.