Method for reestablishing presentation of a paused media program

A computer-readable storage device, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor of a portable communication device associated with a user, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• transmitting a pause request for a presentation of a media program at a display device;
• obtaining a media controller emulator for controlling operations of a media processor;
• presenting the media controller emulator by way of a user interface of the portable communication device;
• receiving a recorded media program for presentation at the user interface under control of the media controller emulator, wherein the media program is recorded responsive to identifying a departure mark during the presentation of the media program by the media processor based on the pause request, wherein the recorded media program is adapted for the presentation at the user interface, wherein the recorded media program is received by way of a communication network that is coupled to the portable communication device and the media processor, wherein the recorded media program comprises a first format, wherein the presentation of the media program continues at the display device responsive to detecting that additional users are viewing the presentation of the media program at the display device, wherein the recorded media program is a compressed streamed media program, wherein the compressed stream media program is generated in response to identifying a device descriptor of the portable communication device and determining the portable communication device has memory limitations according to the device descriptor;
• converting the recorded media program to a second format;
• and
• presenting the recorded media program that has been converted to the second format at the user interface from the departure mark.

A method, comprising:

• presenting, by a processing system including a processor, a media program at a display device;
• receiving, from a communication device associated with a user, a pause request for the presenting of the media program at the display device;
• continuing to present the media program at the display device responsive to detecting that additional users are viewing the media program at the display device;
• detecting, by the processing system, a departure mark during the presenting of the media program based on the receiving of the pause request;
• receiving, by the processing system, a request to present the media program at the communication device according to the departure mark;
• identifying a device descriptor associated with the communication device;
• determining the communication device has memory limitations according to the device descriptor;
• generating a transmission of a recorded media program as a compressed streamed media program according to the memory limitations of the communication device;
• and
• directing the transmission, by the processing system, of the recorded media program to the communication device via a communication network responsive to the request to present the media program at the communication device for enabling presentation of the recorded media program according to the departure mark at the communication device according to a media control emulator executed by the communication device, wherein the recorded media program comprises a first format for presentation by the processing system, and wherein the communication device converts the recorded media program to a second format for presentation at the communication device, and wherein the directing of the transmission of the recorded media program includes the transmission comprising the compressed streamed media program.