Patent ID: 11910071
Assignee: PENTHERA PARTNERS, INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. An apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
memory storing instructions for implementing a helper; and
processing circuitry for executing the instructions, wherein the helper is configured to:
receive from a player a first request for a first particular segment of a media item, wherein the media item comprises a first segment group (S1) comprising a first ordered set of N segments S11 to S1N and a second segment group (S2) comprising a second ordered set of N segments S21 to S2N, and the first particular segment is segment S1i, where i>0 and i≤N; and
as a result of receiving the request for the first particular segment, perform a cache building process that comprises:
transmitting to the server a second request for a second particular segment of the media item, wherein the second particular segment is either segment S1i+j or S2i+j, where j≥2 and j≤(N−i);
receiving the second particular segment from the server; and
storing in a local cache the second particular segment after receiving the second particular segment from the server.