Patent ID: 9386060
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a device, information associated with over-the-top (OTT) content, retrieving, by the device and from an application server, an address and a playback position associated with the OTT content; retrieving, by the device and from the application server, a manifest file associated with the OTT content, retrieving, by the device and from a content distribution network (CDN) server, one or more chunks, of the chunks of content associated with the OTT content, based on the address, the playback position, and the manifest file, storing, by the device, the one or more chunks in a memory provided in the device; receiving, by the device, an instruction to play the OTT content after the one or more chunks are stored; retrieving, by the device and based on the instruction, the one or more chunks from the memory provided in the device; and playing, by the device and based on the instruction, the one or more chunks while simultaneously retrieving remaining chunks of the OTT content from the CDN server.