System and method for providing universal‘follow-me’functionality in a UPnP AV network

摘要

A system and method is provided for extending the capabilities of an UPnP AV network architecture with“Universal Follow-me”functionality to provide users of such networks with a capability to pause or stop the playing of media content at one location in the UPnP AV network (100, 700) and resume the playing of the media content at a later point in time at a different or the same location without loss of continuity.